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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Building our communities

Dog days at the union hall

Machinists District W24 made space for Guide Dogs of America to hold a pivotal training.
Collective bargaining

No COLA for City workers in Portland?

Contract negotiations are at a standstill for three big unions that together represent over 3,000 workers at the City of Portland.
Washington

Seattle to ban ‘surveillance pricing’ of groceries

The grocery union United Food and Commercial Workers has been pushing for such bans nationwide.
Jobs

Non-union elevator contractor faces federal fraud charges

Portland’s VA Medical Center may award a $12 million elevator modernization contract to a Florida company whose owner is on trial for fraud.
Union Organizing

Shipyard painters vote to stay union

Some workers signed a decertification petition asking for an election to go back non-union. But the tally was 17 to 12 to remain.
Union Organizing

NLRB slaps down KGW-TV anti-union maneuvers 

A set of bad faith anti-union legal filings by KGW-TV against IBEW Local 48 have met their end. 
Collective bargaining

Strike called off at Marion County

SEIU Local 503 reached agreement on a new contract for 1,000 Marion County workers along the lines of an offer members earlier rejected. 
Worker safety

Newly signed Oregon legislation improves workers compensation benefits 

Starting Jan. 1, injured workers will receive increased wage replacement. That will make a real difference for lower-income injured workers.  
Analysis

Instacart responds to the Labor Press

The company charged its consumers different prices for the same goods, but now swears it no longer does that.
Portland

Portland looks at ban on AI-driven grocery pricing

An ordinance sponsored by Portland City Councilor Eric Zimmerman will get its first hearing Sept. 22.
Union Organizing

CEO says JH Kelly doesn’t ‘need or want’ office union

Fast-growing all-union construction contractor says ‘no thanks’ to office workers unionizing.
Analysis

Union approval at highest level in 61 years

Americans mostly want more union power, but they don’t think it’s likely.
Collective bargaining

Engineers reach new agreement with Boeing

A ratification vote will take place Sept. 24 to Oct. 1.
Union Organizing

Oregon State University opposes union of women basketball players

The public university has hired a top anti-union law firm to stop the players union.
Portland

Portland will phase out Cesar Chavez Boulevard

The former 39th Avenue will be called Campesinos Boulevard.
Jobs

ILWU pickets cruise line in Seattle

American Cruise Lines is refusing to use union labor to dock and load vessels in Puget Sound ports, which is standard at West Coast ports.
Collective bargaining

Utility linemen end strike at in Eastern Oregon electric coop

IBEW Local 125 members at Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative ratified a new collective bargaining agreement Sept. 1 and returned to work.
Collective bargaining

Marion County union sets strike date

About 1,000 workers will strike Sept. 22 if management hasn’t reached agreement with SEIU Local 503 on a new collective bargaining agreement.
Culture

Iron Workers union simplifies its name

For over a century, it has been known as the “International Association Of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental And Reinforcing Iron Workers.”
Training the Next Generation

Idaho Laborers boom as Micron buildout takes off

Fueled by a massive semiconductor manufacturing buildout, Laborers Local 155 has nearly doubled its membership over three years.