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.
Anna Del Savio
Anna Del Savio has been staff reporter for the Northwest Labor Press since September 2024. Prior to that she worked as a reporter for the Portland Tribune and the Columbia County Spotlight. She has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the New School in New York, N.Y.
Collective bargaining
Exec getting raises? We get one too!
Clark County unions notch a win for pay fairness.
Collective bargaining
Student workers ready to strike at University of Oregon
The unit of about 4,000 undergraduate student workers voted to unionize in October 2023 and has spent 10 months negotiating a first contract.
Collective bargaining
Last minute settlement averts a strike by UO professors
A strike by 1,700 professors was set to start March 31 — the first day of spring term.
Collective bargaining
After 16 months of talks, AFSCME reaches deal for first union contract at New Avenues for Youth
The contract covers about 110 workers at the homeless youth nonprofit, and will raise the minimum wage there from $17 to $21 per hour.
Collective bargaining
Mt. Hood Community College support workers triple their raises after getting organized
The union represents 240 workers, from groundskeepers and public safety officers to academic advisors and accountants.
Collective bargaining
Washington County ambulance workers get first union contract at AMR
Teamsters members rejected two previous proposals and authorized a strike before the company gave them an offer they could live with.
Collective bargaining
Bigfoot strike hits 200 days as workers stand firm
Around 240 workers at the beverage distributor struck Sept. 19 after the company proposed replacing their pension with a 401(k).
Jobs
Postal unions protest privatization threats nationwide
President Trump has said privatizing USPS was an idea he’d consider, and on Feb. 24 he said he may put it under the U.S. Commerce Department.
Jobs
PGE plans for Forest Park power line go to Portland City Council
A city hearings officer was satisfied with PGE's plans to plant more than 900 smaller-stature trees, but opponents appealed the decision.
Union Organizing
Refugee resettlement workers join OPEIU
Of the International Rescue Committee's 29 U.S. offices, 10 have unionized since 2023, most of them through voluntary employer recognition.
Workers Rights
Hood River Distillers ordered to pay strikers
The company violated federal labor law in 2020 when it refused to take back workers who took part in an unfair labor practice strike.
Politics
Oregon’s new Democratic Party chair brings union background
Nathan Soltz was one of the leaders of an effort to unionize among Oregon legislative staffers, who voted to join IBEW Local 89 in 2021.
Worker safety
IBEW Local 48 member gets Red Cross lifesaving award
Bryan Barker's actions on the job saved the life of a fellow worker who fell 20 feet and suffered a severe cut on his arm.
Union Organizing
Oregon Tilth goes union
Oregon Tilth is a nonprofit that certifies organic crops and livestock; its 85 workers will be members of OPEIU Local 11.
Culture
Building Sisterhood
At Laborers Local 737, women members meet monthly for uplift and support.
Buying Union
Union boycotts mushrooms
UFW has launched its first boycott campaign since 2005, after a Washington mushroom farm retaliated against pro-union workers.
Workers Rights
Jury awards $208k to U.S. citizen farmworker after organic grower abuses H-2A visa program
The H-2A temporary agricultural visa program lets farms to hire foreign workers. But they first have to try to hire U.S. workers.
Jobs
UFCW Local 555 fights sale of public hospital to private equity firm
Bay Area Hospital, governed by an elected board, is pursuing a partnership with Quorum Health to fix its dire financial situation.
Jobs
Portland city official approves power line through Forest Park
PGE will mitigate the impact of expanding an existing power line through Portland's Forest Park by planting more trees than they'll remove.
Collective bargaining
Public sector strike surge outstrips dispute-mediating system
Oregon school teachers ready to walk out? It can take a month to schedule a mediator.
