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
Carpenters Food Bank will close
Begun in 1983 to help unemployed and striking union members, it ran 30 years
Labor Roundtable holds awards dinner
Vancouver group names Temple Lentz of OFNHP "union member of the year"
Two Oregon schools receive $5,000 AFL-CIO ‘Adopt-A-School’ grants
Grant money will support curriculum on workers’ rights and civil rights.
Construction workers help nab bank robber
Scott Adams, a member of Roofers Local 49, was the first on the scene.
Roofers Local 49 gets flag from injured veteran
Injured Iraqi war veteran Sgt. Rob Boyce honored Roofers Local 49 with a special presentation at their union picnic Aug. 25 — an American...
Machinists’ motorcycle Guide Dog Dash brings in $4,000
Fifty-four motorcycle riders participated in the 7th annual Guide Dogs Dash Aug. 25, sponsored by Machinists Lodge 63 and IAM District W24.
This year’s event...
Labor history comes alive at Clark County Historical Museum exhibit
The exhibit launched July 11 with major help from more than two dozen local unions.
Roofers come to aid of disabled war veteran
The soldier in Afghanistan jumping from a helicopter that was under mortar attack.
Motorcycle ride raises cash for kids
Unions for Kids motorcycle poker run nets a record $64,000 for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
NALC’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive sees sharp increase
This year, union letter carriers collected 37,000 tons of food nationwide, and 526 tons in Oregon
Guide Dogs the big winner at Machinists salmon derby
Warm weather scared away the fish, but fisherfolk donated $10,000 to the cause.
Union letter carriers, electricians will march in Starlight Parade
The event draws more than 250,000 spectators to downtown Portland
Union bowlers raise cash for muscular dystrophy
Since the event's inception in 1989, union members have donated $351,000 to MDA
Washington CLUB golf event on course to reach $1 million in donations
The charity golf event has been held for the last 13 years in Bremerton.
Teach a kid to fish: Unionists help at Klineline Fish-in
Over two dozen union members volunteered to help more than 3,000 kids ages 5 to 14 learn to fish.
Texas Hold’em card tournament raises $4,818 for Doernbecher
The second annual event draws 72 players to the Local 16 hall.
AFL-CIO touts filmed-in-Portland HBO documentary American Winter
Eight Portland families struggle, in documentary airing March 18
New union storefront on Barbur
OHSU Local 328, AFSCME’s largest, buys nearby storefront
Bricklayers Local 1 volunteers to build barbecue at Whiskey Creek Fish Hatchery
Union members answered a call for help from the nonprofit Tillamook Anglers.
Unions make ‘season of giving’ last year-round
Union members volunteer labor and raise money for outide charities and union-run aid efforts.
