August 16, 2024 - NW Labor Press

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is a former public high school teacher and football coach, and was a member of the teachers union.

AMR says its slow response times are because it’s hard to find and keep paramedics. Multnomah County is going to make it easier for them.

The owners of Magic Tavern are thumbing their noses at U.S. labor law. Strippers, and the NLRB, are not amused.

After voting down two previous offers, Local 29 members will vote on a third offer totaling $16 over four years.

On July 31, Illinois became the eighth state to make it illegal for employers to punish workers for refusing to attend anti-union meetings.

The GOP-led legislature adopted the measure, then waited until after the election and voted to repeal what they adopted.

In an online interview with Elon Musk, former president Donald Trump chortled at the idea of firing striking workers.

Turnout was low in Washington’s Aug. 6 primary but results were mostly favorable for organized labor at the state level and in SW Washington.

Bill Mize was just 150 feet from a mountain summit when a watermelon-sized rock came off the lip of a ledge right above him.

AFSCME Local 88-1 is asking the National Labor Relations Board to hold an election for about 450 workers at Central City Concern.

The owner stopped paying bills, leaving 16 teachers without final paychecks and around 50 families scrambling to find childcare.

This energy and excitement is deeply rooted in the countless accomplishments of the most pro-union administration in American history.

Wynn, 71, worked as a cement mason, but also served as president of the local, and coordinator of its apprenticeship program.

For three nights in late July, 115 volunteers knocked on the doors of over 650 non-union electricians to invite them to join IBEW Local 48.

Workers at 11 New Seasons Market locations in the Portland area are voting through Aug. 25 on whether to authorize a one-day strike.