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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Port of Portland drops plan to develop West Hayden Island
Union leaders angered over loss of industrial land
Machinists to vote on second Boeing offer
The Puget Sound Machinists District is urging members to reject the concessionary offer
Seven protesters arrested at Springfield postal facility
The mail processing plant is slated for closure
OFNHP protests elimination of perio-hygienist classification
The 17 workers in that classification do the same work, for less pay
Convention Center hotel closer to breaking ground
Hyatt would be neutral toward hotel workers unionizing.
Unions turn out to support coal export terminal in Longview
At a public hearing, 2,000 attend: unionists for the jobs, and environmentalists against the coal
Columbia River Crossing showing signs of life
Officials are still looking into the financially viability of an “Oregon only” project.
Coalition calls for scaled-down phased-in I-5 bridge over the Columbia
Three pages worth of names sign a letter calling for "phased option"
Planned occupation of NW Portland’s main post office thwarted
Department of Homeland Security police stood in a post office entrance.
All signs point to a union-built convention center hotel
Metro's "statement of principles" asks the developer to use union workers
Columbia River Crossing: Dead in the water
The I-5 bridge project, along with promised construction jobs, ran aground in the Washington Senate.
Allen Brennan joins AFL-CIO to help laid-off workers
He'll be kept busy by a series of layoffs this summer.
Protesters disrupt airport mail facility in Portland
Morning mail runs were blocked in a protest against privatization
Union-rebuilt Edith Green federal building: A model green remodel
The 18-story 1974 structure was stripped to its girders and rebuilt as a model of sustainability.
Kinder Morgan scraps plans for coal export plant at Port Westward
The turning point was PGE's rejection, citing potential coal dust impact on its natural gas plants
More signatures needed on petition to save Post Office
Leading the petition is U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio in conjunction with a bill to save the Post Office
Kaiser Permenente dental hygienists protest
More protests are planned over a plan to eliminate periodontal hygienists.
Five protesters arrested at Salem mail processing facility
About 100 union members will lose jobs if the Salem plant closes in June.
Building trades sign project labor agreement on proposed coal export plant in Longview
Pact encourages local source hiring of construction workers.
Postal Service backs off plan to end Saturday mail
Postal Service Board of Governors overruled the postmaster’s plan to go to five-day delivery.
