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
Giving Back: IBEW Local 48 members gather warm clothes and blankets for homeless
Union Gospel Mission gets a union assist.
Portland labor’s big giving party — Presents from Partners
Over 300 children of unemployed union members got presents at NOLC’s annual holiday party.
Volunteers from IBEW Local 48 help light up The Grotto Festival of Lights
Continuing a 28-year tradition, IBEW Local 48 volunteers install 500,000 lights.
Painters Union comes to the rescue of defrauded homeowner
Union apprentices finish the job after a rogue non-union painting contractor left with the money.
Cold hard cash for Labor’s Community Service Agency
The money goes to the Helping Hands temporary hardship assistance program.
Scholarships for kids of workers injured or killed on the job
The top scholarship recipient received $14,000 this year.
‘Team Labor’ answers the call
Union volunteers repair two homes of low-income Oregonians.
IBEW member injured at race track ‘pays it forward’ with motorcycle giveaway
The fundraiser will benefit IBEW Injured Workers Fund and other charities.
Union movement helps workers become citizens
The national AFL-CIO is funding citizenship clinics in Oregon.
IAM helps combat ALS
The president of Machinists Lodge 63 takes the ice bucket challenge.
‘Unite for the Knight’ helps raise $508 million
Labor and management coalition part of OHSU effort to raise $1 billion for cancer research
Letter Carriers deliver more than the mail
Over 4,000 Oregon and SW Washington letter carriers delivered 1.2 million pounds of donated food
Portland labor charity launches new community volunteer program
A new Labor’s Community Service Agency program will help union members volunteer in the community
Labor Bowl raises over $12,000 for MDA
The annual event raises money to help kids with muscular dystrophy.
Firefighters pitch in for Knight fight against cancer
Members from 18 IAFF locals contributed $21,000 toward the Knight Cancer Challenge.
Business labor coalition delivers $330,000 to eight charities
The gift was from the BULL Session golf tournament and auction
Presents from Partners
The annual labor-sponsored event brings Christmas to families of the unemployed
Getting books into the hands of kids
At Boise Eliot school, Portland Federation of School Professionals sponsored a book giveaway
Delivering literacy to east Multnomah County
Volunteers from OSEA coordinate with First Book to get 40,000 new books in the hands of children
Labor joins with business to raise funds to knock out cancer
Phil Knight’s $500 million pledge spurs labor to join business for OHSU cancer research
