August 21, 2026 - NW Labor Press

Multnomah County and Portland City Council approved tentative commitments totaling $208 million in taxpayer-funded arena renovations.

The Lady Beavs filed for union recognition the same day a new national college player union launched.

Candidates running with endorsements from organized labor in Southwest Washington had mixed success in Washington’s Aug. 4 primary election.

The Trump administration can’t continue blocking all wind energy projects. That’s what a federal judge in Oregon ruled Aug. 6.

Hundreds of remote workers will decide whether to join OPEIU Local 11.

Attendees pay $37 to park at events. Parking workers make $19.50 an hour ... and park their own cars in a gravel lot by the railroad tracks.

In ways both positive and negative, the local is still feeling the effects of its strike at the city more than three years ago.

The ordinance directs PBOT to absorb the roughly $200,000 cost of replacing the signs but doesn’t spell out what work to put on the shelf.

The state of Washington told Washington Federation of State Employees there's no money available for state employee wage increases.

For the third time in four years, a Roofers Local 49 apprentice took first place at the regional skills competition.