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.
Building our communities
Labor’s Community Service Agency: 40 Years and Counting
Labor’s Community Service Agency has spent the last four decades reaching out to help those in need
Quilt raffle to benefit Guide Dogs
The group provides service dogs, free of charge, to the blind.
New program offers scholarships for kids of workers killed, injured on job
The newly formed Oregon group is a chapter of a national organization
Guide Dog Dash motorcycle poker run raises cash for a good cause
Providing guide dogs to the blind has been a "pet" cause of the Machinists since 1948.
Labor Day Picnics
Every year, labor unions throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington hold Labor Day picnics. The largest gathering by far is hosted by the Northwest Oregon Labor Council, and takes place at Oaks Amusement Park in Southeast Portland.
Oregon Letter Carriers collect more than 1.3 million pounds of food
Hundreds volunteer at the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
Unions for Kids: Motorcycle ride raises $75,000 for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
The 12th annual poker run might be the last.
Plumbers & Fitters Local 290 host Tigard-Tualatin Industrial Arts Class
Tigard students weld, braze, solder, do mechanical drawings, and see how math applies to a trade
Union love at the Starlight Parade
It’s not every day people cheer when they see you coming.
Two local unions to take part in May 31 Starlight Parade
Letter carriers and electricians entries will be seen live by 250,000 spectators
Union members raise $11,000 for MDA
The Muscular Dystrophy Labor Bowl has raised $362,025 since 1989.
Teach a kid to fish …
Union volunteers are a big part of the annual Klineline Kids Fish-In in Vancouver, Washington
Iron Workers step up to the plate in Oregon City
Volunteers build a baseball practice facility for Oregon City High School.
Union members pass the hat, collect $450 for slain worker
AFSCME member Grady Waxenfelter was shot by a truck driver while doing his job as a weighmaster
IBEW Local 48 volunteers help light up The Grotto Festival of Lights
A holiday tradition for some members of IBEW Local 48 is volunteering to help wire and power all of the lights — 500,000 of them...
Unions host holiday party for kids of out-of-work members
Kids got toys, stockings, lunch, and a visit with Santa
Union family raises funds to pay for cutting edge treatment for son with cerebral palsy
One-year-old Oscar Triplett would be flown to Panama for a treatment not covered by insurance.
Laborers 296 gun raffle nets big cash for union charities
A Remington semi-automatic netted $1,315 each for conservation and hardship aid.
Bricklayers win national award for work on historic Oswego Iron Furnace
Members of Local 1 repaired and restored the 44-foot-tall historic landmark.
Carpenters Food Bank closes its doors
For 30 years, union volunteers handed out food boxes, up to 850 a month
