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Don McIntosh

Editor Don McIntosh has been with the Northwest Labor Press since 1998. Born in Baltimore, he moved to Portland in 1985, and first practiced journalism at the Daily Vanguard, Portland State University's student newspaper. After earning a bachelor's in history, he served as an underground union organizer (salt) with Teamsters Local 174 in Seattle. Back in Portland, he wrote for the Portland Business Journal and Willamette Week and was editor of the Portland Alliance, a monthly community newspaper.
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Jobs

Kroger-Albertsons merger collapses

Kroger’s costly effort to buy Albertsons fell apart when not one but two judges blocked the grocery merger. Now Albertsons is suing Kroger.
National

Manchin and Sinema torpedo Biden’s NLRB nominee

Workers lost a champion on the board that interprets labor law as Senate Republicans reject NLRB Chair Lauren McFerran.
Collective bargaining

Biggest-yet Providence strike could be coming

Thirteen Oregon hospitals and clinics in the Providence health care chain could shut down as early as next month.
Analysis

Boeing gives copy-cat raises to its non-union assembly workers in South Carolina

A union fight has once again raised standards for non-union workers too.
Union Organizing

Street Roots staff are unionizing

Staff at the nonprofit group will vote to certify Communications Workers of America Local 7901 as their representative on Jan. 7. 
Jobs

Anheuser-Busch moves to close Elysian Brewing

The closure comes after brewery workers there unionized and spent a year trying to negotiate a first contract.
Analysis

2024: The rest of the story

We’ve reported over 300 stories in 2024. At year's end, we update readers about what happened since we published some of those stories. 
Jobs

Oregon Supreme Court hears AGC suit against project labor agreements

The lawsuit is one of a handful around the country that are challenging agreements that public agencies make with construction unions.
Training the Next Generation

Roofers compete

An apprentice member of Roofers Local 49 is advancing to the national championship.
Union democracy

CWA Local 7901 emerges from trusteeship

The local is back in the hands of members as of October, when it was released by its parent union from trusteeship imposed in August 2023. 
People

Building the trades: Randall Friesen

The new secretary-treasurer of the Columbia Pacific Building Trades Council is a fourth-generation building trades union member.
Labor History

Remembering the Seattle WTO protest 

25 years ago, unionists and greens made history in the streets of Seattle protesting against corporate-written rules for international trade.
National

Trump taps Chavez-DeRemer for labor secretary

Oregon’s pro-labor Republican lost her seat in the House. Now she’ll go to the Senate for a cabinet confirmation hearing.
Workers Rights

Tina Kotek agrees: BOLI needs a boost 

In the two-year budget she proposed on Dec. 2, Kotek is calling for a 30% increase for Oregon’s tiny labor law enforcement bureau. 
Union democracy

SEIU Local 503 rejoins the Oregon AFL-CIO

The phased-in re-affiliation will boost Oregon's premier union federation by 30%. It also signifies greater labor unity.
National

Wisconsin judge strikes down draconian anti-union law

Wisconsin's Act 10, which stripped public sector workers of union rights, was the subject of nationwide union protests when it passed in 2011.
Collective bargaining

After 54 Days, Boeing strike is over

Boeing Machinists in Oregon and Washington returned to work Nov. 6 with historic contract gains, including raises totaling 43.65%.
Workers Rights

Vigor pays to restore spray-painted vehicles

In not one but two overspray incidents, paint blown by the wind stuck to the vehicles of hundreds of shipyard workers.
Politics

A labor look at the 2024 election

The national results were bleak for labor, but the union movement notched mostly wins in Oregon and Washington.
Collective bargaining

UFCW 555 reaches agreement with Kroger

The Fred Meyer boycott is over. New contracts covering 11,000 workers will raise wages $4.50 over three years for the most senior workers.

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