Northwest Labor Press is an independent union-supported newspaper founded in 1900. Our print version is mailed twice a month to about 45,000 members of over three dozen local unions in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Our online version has been maintained here since 1997.
Analysis
2014: Year of the robot?
They work without pay, and never tire, complain, or unionize: Robots were on the rise in 2014.
A look back at the year 2014 in Oregon labor
There were some successes, but this year will not be one to live forever in glorious memory.
What would a REAL pro-worker legislative agenda look like?
Nine ideas to make Oregon more worker-friendly
Nationwide, labor loses on candidates, wins on measures
Voters give Senate to GOP and reelect antiunion governors, but favor minimum wage and sick days
Behind the startling reversal at Portland Public Schools: Looking back at the almost-strike
As strike neared, district faced unified teachers backed by broad public support
No coincidence: Campaign to weaken labor standards at the state level is coordinated nationally
Near-identical efforts in multiple states target basic labor protections.
The year 2013 in Labor
For local labor, it was a year of legislative gains, and contract frustrations
Union workers more likely to get benefits of every kind
Retirement is a union thing, judging by a July 17 BLS report
Union movement must evolve to speak, advocate, and fight for all workers
The AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles will look at new and old strategies for building a movement.
2012 in review: A labor lookback
From Chicago teachers to a lame duck right-to-work bill, 2012 had successes and setbacks for labor
Untangling the economy: A lively Q&A with pro-labor economist Robert Kuttner
The longtime writer-editor has honed his skills in verbal combat against the likes of Sean Hannity.
Twenty-one myths about unions
Labor educator Bill Fletcher Jr talks about his new book.
Nesbitt discusses labor’s future, at union retirees conference
The union movement has failed, says the former labor leader.
2011: Year One of the Great Fightback
2011 —Year 3 of the Great Recession — may be remembered as Year 1 of the Great Fightback.
YEAR IN REVIEW: A look back at labor stories of 2010
The beginning of a new year is a chance to summarize the year’s most important labor news and tie up loose ends.
The U.S. political system has been hijacked by rich, political scientists say
In their new book Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class, political scientists Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson demonstrate that America’s runaway inequality wasn’t caused by impersonal economic forces, but by a political system that has been hijacked by the super-rich. The Labor Press spoke with Pierson by phone.
AFL-CIO Poll: Voters punished Dems, but no mandate for GOP
Though Republican victories in the 2010 elections will put the union Congressional agenda in jeopardy, labor leaders took some consolation from a pair of election night polls commissioned by the national AFL-CIO.
