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.
Buying Union
How to tell if your Oreo Is union-made
An inkstamp on each package tells you where it was made — if you know what to look for.
Portland extends Do-Not-Buy Walmart policy
Ordinance faults Walmart for labor practices, market dominance and tax avoidance
A quest to find Union Beer
It’s not easy to ID union-made beer. There’s no union label, and little accurate, up-to-date info.
Raise a cup to Solidarity: New beer will take its name from a local union
A Bend, Oregon, brewer wants to show appreciation for Insulators Local 36
Nonunion Dave’s Killer Bread contracts with union baker
A union campaign has failed to rise thus far at the fast-growing company.
Union label: The ultimate hard-to-find gift
Ten gift ideas for goods and services brought to you by local union members.
Fly the union-friendly skies, if you can find them
For airline industry workers, it’s been a wild ride.
This Halloween, give out union-made candy
It's possible to treat trick-or-treaters to products made by workers who have a voice on the job.
IBEW and United Workers Credit Union buys its building
The property covers 1.13 acres between Washington and Stark streets in Southeast Portland.
Danner Boots made by UFCW members
A Portland factory makes work, outdoor, and military boots.
Unions launch global boycott of Hyatt
Hyatt turned heatlamps on Chicago picketers and fired unionized Boston housekeepers en masse.
Labor activists observe Human Rights Day
Leafleters took the message to Portland mall shoppers.
Shop for union-made goods this holiday season
Supporting union-made products helps keep good jobs in the community.
Bakers battle prison bread in schools
Prison-made baked goods are being served in Washington schools, displacing union-made goods.
Pendleton Woolen Mills launches US-made clothing line
Fabric for the "Portland Collection" is union-made in Oregon and Washington.
Union Sportsmen’s Alliance plans first Oregon clay target shoot
The union-backed national conservation group for union hunters and fishers holds its first Oregon event.
Starbucks settles with fired pro-union worker
Starbucks pays a fired Portland barista to settle charges, after federal agency issues complaint.
Portland pub goes union
Workers at The Guild Public House have become members of CWA Local 7901.
CWA promotes ‘Dosha Support Day’ Aug. 30
Supporters will go to the union salon for a haircut, and show their union colors.
Union workers under grave threat from Walmart expansion
A thousand UFCW members could lose jobs if Walmart opens 17 Portland-area stores as planned.
