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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Top postal executive’s visit to Vancouver draws protest
Protesters blasted postal facility closures and service cuts
Charges dropped against 3 ‘postal protectors’
The three activists were arrested blocking a private truck contracted to transport the U.S. mail
It’s a ‘Race to the Top’ for Portland Public Schools’ CEO pay, but pink slips for its lowest-paid
With superintendent's $66,000 raise, the district could have hired three people
Building trades lobby in support of ConnectOregon V
Building trades union members turn out to counter environmental opponents of coal and oil projects
Union pension funds finance new Portland office building
The nine-story Pearl West project will be LEED Silver rated.
Ben Franklin would be rolling in his grave
The union boycott of Staples is growing, in protest of postal privatization.
Staples boycott grows
Unions boycott Staples after it contracts with USPS to staff mini-post offices in stores.
Reinvigorating Portland’s shipyard: Vigor’s massive new dry dock could mean hundreds of jobs
13 years after selling America’s largest floating dry dock, Vigor bringing one back to Portland
Layoffs at Portland Public Schools?
AFT sounds the alarm about possible pink slips for classroom assistants
Oregon Iron Works to merge with Vigor Industrial
Union leaders are optimistic about prospects for job growth
Postal service tries to ditch door delivery in Portland
USPS managers are soliciting property owners to convert from at-the-door to “cluster box” delivery
Women in Trades Career Fair
Over 2,000 women and teenagers learned about careers in construction at the annual fair.
Portland’s new mass transit bridge is union-built
Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People
Union pension funds create union jobs in Portland
AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust is investing in a $43.2 million mixed-use residential building
Union investment brings new development, jobs to Portland
The $43.2 million six-story apartment complex will be built 100 percent union
Anti- high-capacity transit measure passes in Tigard
Every year from now on, Tigard must send a letter opposed to any rail or bus project that displaces roads
Parkrose School Board nixes plan to contract out school buses
An energetic five-month campaign by OSEA saves school bus driver jobs
After change of heart, Bernard lets union-represented AMR keep Clackamas County ambulance contract
Teamsters think it was Bernard who put the existing contract out for competition.
OSEA battles Parkrose plan to outsource school bus service
The school board will vote Feb. 24 on whether to contract out.
Kitzhaber sets March deadline to decide future of I-5 bridge
Building trades council is urging support for bridge.
