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.
Cindy Pineo
International
Canadian union announces Amazon boycott
Amazon decided to close its Quebec warehouses and lay off 4,700 employees rather than accept a union contract.
Union Organizing
Amazon workers reject union in North Carolina
Independent union CAUSE lost the vote to unionize an Amazon warehouse, but the company may have violated labor law.
Union Organizing
Philadelphia Whole Foods workers unionize
Parent company Amazon is already contesting the results, arguing that the National Labor Relations Board lacks a quorum.
Workers Rights
O’Reilly Auto Parts ordered to pay workers for deleted sick leave bank
2,327 workers lost their accumulated sick leave when O'Reilly changed payroll systems; now they'll be compensated.
Workers Rights
Women’s soccer league settles sex abuse charges
NWSL’s $5 million player restitution fund addresses systemic abuse; new safeguards and reforms implemented.
Workers Rights
Utah bans collective bargaining for public employees
HB 267 signed into law, ending collective bargaining for public employees in Utah and barring union staff from retirement program.
In Memoriam
Larry Taylor, 1953-2024
A former Democratic Party chair in Multnomah and Clatsop counties, he served unions and other groups as a convention parliamentarian.
Collective bargaining
Strike vote at OHSU
If they authorize a strike, almost 3,200 nurses represented by the Oregon Nurses Association could walk out as soon as Sept. 28.
Building our communities
A balloon hat? Or a balloon sword?
About 2,000 union members and their families came out to the Labor Day picnic held at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds this year.
Politics
Washington State Labor Council ranks lawmakers
The Washington State Labor Council has awarded state lawmakers scored for their votes in the 2022 session.
Worker safety
KILLED ON THE JOB IN OREGON IN 2021
Last year more than 69 Oregonians died from injuries sustained while working, not including the 169 who died after workplace COVID outbreaks.
