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2020 in review

Dec 30, 2020

As chronicled in the Northwest Labor Press, here are some of the year’s most important developments for organized labor and working people.

A labor movement look at the 2020 election results

Nov 5, 2020

How labor-backed candidates and ballot measures fared locally and nationwide.

Gallup poll shows public approval of unions growing

Sep 16, 2020

This year, 65% of respondents said they approve, tying with 2003 and 1999 as the highest levels in the last 53 years.

Nationwide strike wave continued in 2019

Feb 11, 2020

The strike wave that began in 2018 continued in 2019, according to the annual work stoppages report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Union membership continues decline

Feb 5, 2020

Union membership dropped in 2019 to 14,574,000, down 170,000 (0.2%) from 2018, according to the latest annual report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Union members also dropped as a percentage of the workforce

2019 in review

Jan 2, 2020

As chronicled in the Northwest Labor Press, here are some of the year’s most important developments for labor and working people.

In Oregon, having a union at work means an extra $4,701 a year, and better benefits

Mar 13, 2019

A new report from the University of Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center finds that Oregon workers covered by a union contract earn 11 percent more than non-union workers.

The latest figures on union membership

Jan 29, 2019

The latest BLS report shows Washington as the nation’s third most-unionized, while Oregon is tied for #11.

2018 in review

Jan 1, 2019

As chronicled in the Northwest Labor Press, here are some of the most important developments for labor and working people in 2018.

How to restore the power of unions

Aug 22, 2018

Unions have been under decades of attack, but several labor thinkers have put forward ideas to spark the comeback that working people need.