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.
Collective bargaining
Bradken foundry: No contract, a year after union vote
Workers are seeking a fair and transparent pay scale
Oregon unions sign tentative pacts for 22,000 state workers
SEIU and AFSCME members will get modest cost-of-living raises
ERB: Arbitrator’s ruling stands, but TriMet broke law
The transit agency is ordered to pay $136,000 and stop trying to collect back-premiums
Strike ends at Daimler’s Western Star truck plant
After 22 days, Machinists and Painters vote to accept company offer
Daimler deploys strikebreakers at Portland truck plant
A fast-moving convoy of vans and SUVs nearly ran over one picketing union member
Machinists, Painters strike Daimler Trucks
Workers have been falling behind economically while the company prospers
TriMet pulls plug on ATU’s annual picnic
ATU Local 757 may join other union picnicking at Oaks Park on Labor Day.
DCTU contract expires, but no deal with City of Portland
The seven-member union coalition has requested the help of a state mediator.
Are TriMet managers too busy to bargain with ATU?
No word from TriMet board as labor battle drags on
Oregon University System getting tough with unions
OUS wants union rights concessions, a shift in health costs and raises less than inflation
University of Oregon at $320,000 (and counting) in talks with union
An outside law firm employing the former UO president heads up the administration’s bargaining team
SEIU 49 secures first contract for 450 private security officers
Contract delivers raises and better benefits at Securitas, ABM, G4S, and AlliedBarton
Second foreign grain handler locks out longshoremen
Columbia Grain joins United Grain in locking out members of ILWU
TriMet: Labor Press can observe bargaining, but bloggers out
Local 757 president adds former rival Heintzman to bargaining team in show of unity
Transit Union ready to meet with TriMet
The two sides await a judge’s ruling on whether negotiations will be open to the public.
SPEEA technical unit accepts Boeing’s offer on second vote
New hires will get a 401(k), not the pension existing members get at highly profitable Boeing.
Judge unable to determine whether public has the right to attend TriMet/ATU Local 757 negotiations
Local 757 wants negotiations to be open to the public, without restrictions.
Where’s the love? Is TriMet planning to bar access to the Labor Press?
ATU wants bargaining to be public. TriMet wants it limited to certain media. A judge will decide.
United Grain locks out ILWU Local 4
United Grain says it took the action after equipment sabotage by a union leader.
Laborers Local 320 settles contract at CertainTeed after one-day strike
The French-owned shinglemaker improves its bargaining offer after a walkout
