January 2, 2026 - NW Labor Press

Two other units joined the picket line in two-day solidarity strikes.

As reported in the Northwest Labor Press, here are the biggest developments for the labor movement in Oregon and Southwest Washington in 2025.

Roseburg Forest Products employed 140 union machinists at the California mill.

Trump’s pick for NLRB top prosecutor is a partner at a law firm whose clients include notorious union-busters.

Fired and rehired with lower pay, mushroom workers now face a Washington Supreme Court test of forced arbitration agreements.

If approved, the contract would raise wages 10% for 8,000 workers.

The three-year deals set terms of work at Fred Meyer and QFC.

With the last contracts having expired Sept. 30, this is the longest Kaiser workers have gone without a new contract in more than 25 years.

In a break with past stances, the City actually reorganized the office slightly to allow more workers to have union representation.

A campus-wide revolt at University of Oregon (UO) last summer could serve as a case study about how to fight job cuts.

The UFCW leader negotiated hundreds of contracts lifting standards in meat.