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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Making the labor movement safe for all workers
High-ranking union officials used positions of power to pressure women subordinates for sexual favors. That's unacceptable.
Trickle-down Trump
President Trump’s tax cut proposal is a continuation of President Reagan’s failed tax plan, or “Trickle Down Economics.”
Labor Day: It’s about solidarity
When unions stand together to move an agenda, great things happen for workers.
Protecting Oregon’s rural workers
Oregon's Legislature just passed a law that will prevent cities and counties from trying to pass anti-union "right-to-work" legislation.
Investing in transportation will benefit working people
To tackle potholes and congestion, Oregon Legislature needs to hear from union members about a proposed $8.2 billion transportation package.
GOP Congressman Greg Walden moves further to the right
Twenty years ago, when Greg Walden was in the Oregon Legislature, he was viewed as a moderate Republican.
It’s time for rent stabilization. Support House Bill 2004
Oregon’s low inventory of housing has given landlords an unbridled opportunity to reap large profits at the expense of working people.
What we see today in the streets is an insurgency of epic proportions
If this grassroots movement can be maintained and grow, the 2018 election will bring change.
GOP ramping up to dismantle the labor movement
Every one of us has an obligation to fight as hard as we can, to get off the couch and activate and agitate.
To our union volunteers: Thank You!
Volunteers from more than 30 Oregon unions knocked on 100,000 doors, made 260,000 phone calls, and handed out 2,800 worksite fliers.
Dennis Richardson is too extreme for Oregon
Richardson has been an outspoken opponent of a working people’s agenda.
Ballot Measure 97: It’s time
By Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain
Last Friday afternoon my commute to Salem from the Oregon AFL-CIO office in Portland was an hour and forty-five...
All politics is local
Local action spurring statewide and eventually national change is what the labor movement is all about.
Portland: Where rent empties workers’ pockets
Evictions and rampant rent increases are left unchecked in a state that forbids rent control.
Muhammad Ali: A champion of the people
Ali was an anti-establishment hero who could not be bought and could not be bullied.
Trump says he wants to make America great again — but for who?
Blue collar support for Trump? Labor isn’t fooled. He mistreats workers, and sends jobs overseas.
America is angry, and for good reason
Corporations and Wall Street have been riding high for over half a century.
