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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Annual contest challenges Bricklayer apprentices
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 held its annual apprenticeship contest April 1 at its training center in Northeast Portland.
Sheet Metal Local 16 apprentices shine at regional contest in Pasco, Washington
Thirty-five apprentices from 11 locals took part in the competition, which had been on hiatus since 2012.
Today’s lesson: Unions matter
Since October, a new union speakers campaign has visited more than a dozen local high school and college classes.
A ‘barn raising’ at Painters & Tapers Training Center
The Portland training center added classrooms, offices, and support space to what was a one-room warehouse.
Unionists waking up to bias
Given the prevalence of unconscious racial preferences, just outlawing racial discrimination isn’t going to be enough.
5 questions for anti-bias trainer Barbara Diamond
The Portland labor attorney says union staff need to confront issues of race, gender, and disability.
IBEW 48: More diverse than it used to be
A new online video by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) calls attention to diversity in Portland-headquartered Local 48. Local 48 was an...
22nd annual Screen Actors Guild awards
The Union Oscars: SAG film and TV awards are chosen by union members, and honor collective work
How the Oscars began as a tool for union-avoidance
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded in 1927 to stop film industry unions.
Old Glory rises at IBEW Local 48 union hall
The flag once flew over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Marcus Mariota’s Heisman Trophy stand at UO is union made
Sheet Metal Local 16 members at Specialty Metal Fab made the elaborate trophy stand at UO.
Summer Institute for Women comes to Portland
This year’s Institute drew 150 attendees, including about 60 from Canada
A union office like something out of Portlandia
A Carpenters union office is the setting for a skit in Portlandia’s Health Care episode
Stories of women in the trades to be presented on stage
The play is based on in-depth interviews with 15 African-American tradeswomen from around the U.S.
