October 2, 2026 - NW Labor Press

Machinists District W24 made space for Guide Dogs of America to hold a pivotal training.

Longview union leader Terry Carlson is looking to unseat an anti-labor Republican in Washington’s 19th District.

Contract negotiations are at a standstill for three big unions that together represent over 3,000 workers at the City of Portland.

The Climate Pollution Fee, opposed by the Northwest Gas Association and UA Local 290, passed in a 4-1 vote.

The grocery union United Food and Commercial Workers has been pushing for such bans nationwide.

Portland’s VA Medical Center may award a $12 million elevator modernization contract to a Florida company whose owner is on trial for fraud.

Some workers signed a decertification petition asking for an election to go back non-union. But the tally was 17 to 12 to remain.

A set of bad faith anti-union legal filings by KGW-TV against IBEW Local 48 have met their end.

SEIU Local 503 reached agreement on a new contract for 1,000 Marion County workers along the lines of an offer members earlier rejected.

Starting Jan. 1, injured workers will receive increased wage replacement. That will make a real difference for lower-income injured workers.

The company charged its consumers different prices for the same goods, but now swears it no longer does that.

Without major new transmission capacity, the Northwest risks grid unreliability, higher electricity costs, and failed clean energy goals.