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.
International
Massive strike planned for Feb. 1 across the United Kingdom
While inflation runs rampant, employers are offering "raises" that amount to pay cuts. Sound familiar?
Sweatshop protest comes to Adidas
Led by Kalpona Akter, president of the Bangladeshi Garment and Industrial Worker Federation, about half the participants were from Machinists Lodge 1005.
Worker uprising at Foxconn in China
Workers at the massive Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China were barred from leaving dorms in the locked down facility.
The world’s worst countries for workers
The latest International Trade Union Confederation report shows an increase in workers rights violations in recent years.
Chinese crew freed from ship docked at Longview
An international union federation and the U.S. Coast Guard helped 12 Chinese crew members leave a ship they'd been on for 14 months.
Unions, and members, step up to support Ukraine
Unions in Poland, Slovakia and other countries sent members and trucks to pick up refugees. Members in the U.S. are donating to relief.
Employer-dominated union ousted at Mexican GM plant
An independent union won a landslide victory at a General Motors plant in central Mexico, a breakthrough for efforts to free Mexican workers.
Factory owner hires hit man in plot to take out union representative
CAN'T MAKE THIS UP: The owner worried that the union activist would destroy the “family spirit” at the company.
U.S. starts first-ever CAFTA enforcement action against Guatemala for labor rights
The UN has documented 30 assassinations of union members in Guatemala since 2008
Hunger for justice
Hunger strikers demand GM take responsibility for injured workers in Colombia.
Cost of 9/11 attacks for working people: incalculable
Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, it's worth looking back at the consequences for working people.
Wu bill would speed benefits for workers who lose jobs to trade
Oregon Congressman David Wu said he will introduce a bill this month to streamline access to Trade Adjustment Assistance benefits for workers displaced by outsourcing to other countries as a result of free trade agreements.
Oregon labor leaders to Congress: End the war
A group of 13 Oregon labor leaders urge the state's congressional delegation to the costly war in Afghanistan.
Schrader favors Korea trade deal, balks at TRADE Act
Oregon Fifth District Congressman Kurt Schrader told labor leaders at an April 26 breakfast that he is "leaning strongly in favor" of the Korea Free Trade Agreement and is unlikely to support the union-backed TRADE Act, a re-write of the nation's trade policy. He still is undecided on trade deals with Colombia and Panama.
