Northwest Labor Press is an independent union-supported newspaper founded in 1900. Our print version is mailed twice a month to about 45,000 members of over three dozen local unions in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Our online version has been maintained here since 1997.
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Ilani Casino: UNION BUILT
The $510 million casino resort was union-built — and completed on time and under budget — under a project labor agreement between the Cowlitz Tribe and the Columbia Pacific Building Trades Council.
Paint and Floor Coverer STARS!
Commitment to training sets these workers apart from their competition.
Building trades, labor council back Mt. Hood Community College bond effort
If approved, the $75 million bond would be the first new bond passed for the college since 1974.
Portland Public Schools could face layoffs for 2017-18 school year
A loss in state education funding could spell layoffs next year for more than a hundred union members who work at Portland Public Schools.
Portland’s model Community Benefits Agreement could be replaced with ‘CEIP’
Building trades officials say City of Portland managers want to bypass a union-backed agreement that provides more opportunities for women and minority construction workers.
Frontier Communications to close dispatch center in Beaverton, laying off 57 workers
The dispatch center will close April 11, impacting members of IBEW Local 89.
$790 million Portland Public Schools bond could spell years of work for the trades
If approved by voters, it would be the largest construction construction bond issue in Oregon history.
Apprentices can benefit from energy infrastructure projects
Keep Washington Competitive, a business-labor coalition that supports energy infrastructure projects, arranged a tour of IBEW training center for elected leaders.
Presses go silent at former Graphic Arts Center
91 workers will lose their jobs in the closure.
Staples boycott ends with union win
The National Labor Relations Board ordered the US Postal Service to stop privatizing union members' work.
Boeing terminates contract with union paint contractor
147 Machinists-represented workers will be terminated, though many may end up being hired by the new contractor.
Union pension fund invests in new urban office campus in NW Portland
The 300,000-square-foot urban office development is expected to be completed in late 2017.
Unions champion Longview coal export terminal
Officers of construction and industrial unions turned out Oct. 24 to support a controversial coal export terminal proposed for a former industrial site in Longview.
Multnomah County breaks ground on all-union courthouse project
The state’s largest public works project of recent years will employ over 500 building trades workers by the time it’s complete in 2020.
Portland truck plant layoffs put Machinists pension in danger
Daimler’s Portland truck plant set a new record this summer: Fewest manufacturing jobs ever. The plant, which entered the 21st century with about 3,000...
Jordan Cove boss says LNG project needs assist from Oregon’s Congressional delegation
Only U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader has publicly supported the project.
‘You saved my town’ — GOP state rep says Building Trades worked with him to save Prineville
Mike McLain credits building trades unions for a tax law change that led to data center construction in the high plains.
Google Fiber pulls the plug on Portland
Google is putting planned fiber roll-outs in Portland and other cities on hold.
On USPS birthday, Portlanders deliver a message
A bill in Congress would end door-to-door delivery nationwide
Oregon Tradeswomen wins $650,000 to recruit women region-wide to the trades
The grant is one of three the U.S. Department of Labor awarded nationally.
