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.
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25 years!
Have I learned anything in a quarter century as a labor journalist? Do I feel any differently about the labor movement’s prospects?
For clues about our future, look to our past
Amid widening wage and wealth gaps, it’s little wonder that an ever-growing number of people see labor unions as part of the solution.
May 30: You won’t want to miss it
We’re excited to host our annual Oregon Labor Organizing Summit on May 30 at the LiUNA Local 737 union hall in Portland.
Honoring the Key Bridge workers
The bridge collapse highlighted that immigrants often work in hazardous occupations, with construction jobs ranking among the most dangerous.
Critical mission: workplace safety
More than 50 years ago on April 28 the Occupational Safety and Health Act went into effect, promising every worker the right to a safe job.
Spring-time power building
If every union household turned out for pro-labor candidates in 2024, we would sweep the elections from the top to the bottom of the ballot.
Oregon labor is all-in for Julie Su
Despite confirmation as deputy secretary of labor in 2021, a few senators have been trying to block a vote on her nomination as secretary.
Oregon labor is still strike ready
This is our time to push back on the rigged economic system and win what’s ours from the wealth our labor creates.
In 2024 it’s still better in a union
The labor movement will never stop fighting to unrig the rules of the economy and welcome any worker dreaming of a better life.
Closing out 2023 with a UAW bump
Over 46 days this fall, the world watched as nearly 150,000 autoworkers did something that had never been done before.
PPS teacher strike: a difficult ballet
The onus for this crisis, which will soon spread, lies squarely with legislators who determine a state budget every two years.
Student workers are making history
Recent campaigns at University of Oregon and Reed College show us that young people are hungry to make change.
UAW back to the head of the class
If the union movement is having a “moment,” the re-emergence of the United Auto Workers (UAW) is a big part of it.
Leaving Bend united and hopeful
This year’s convention could not have come at a more opportune time for labor to strategize about how to harness the moment we’re in.
88% – A Number to Inspire and Harness
Among young people, approval of labor unions is at 88%. And support for strikes is at 90%.
The Fines don’t cross picket lines
Honoring a picket line is an instinctual recognition that workers waving signs outside their place of employment deserved public support.
The arc of the labor movement lands in Canby
Our Labor Day Picnic is back, and this time, at a public, not private, property: the Clackamas County Fairgrounds in Canby.
A betrayal of Oregon workers
Over the last few years Oregon has led the nation with the most legislative walkouts and the second-longest walkout in American history.
Solidarity is our lifeblood
This is proving to be one of the most consequential summers of labor action, with hundreds of thousands on strike or near striking.
