August 15, 2025 - Page 2 of 2

It’s one of the last of its kind, but the Northwest Labor Press is in reasonably good health.

Comprehending the vastness of the labor movement can be a challenge. This is as exhaustive a list of local labor unions as we could create.

After her release, Ashley Lautenschlager is starting life anew as a union ironworker.

Trump’s own appointee says trashing BLS economic data could have harmful results.

The event was organized by the Federal Unionist Network (FUN), an informal network of federal union members.

Columbia River Mental Health Services has partially backed off plans to transfer all of its operations to the Cowlitz Indian Tribe.

The two labor councils had good results in a sleepy low-turnout primary election Aug. 5. All three endorsed campaigns came out on top.

The end has finally arrived for the glass plant in NE Portland. Owens-Brockway is shutting it down and permanently laying off 90 workers.

Kaiser Permanente contract negotiations are heating up after the healthcare system retracted a tentative agreement on successorship.

The union has partnered with Trust & Will, an online service for creating estate planning tools.

The sheriff’s office cited a lack of victim and witness cooperation as the reason for not investigating, according to a June 11 letter.

The first Monday of every September is labor’s holiday. Here are the Labor Day picnics in Oregon and Washington.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Aug. 6 that it’s terminating the union contracts of VA workers.