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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Oregon State Capitol becomes Niketown for a day
Building trades and the Oregon AFL-CIO support the tax method freeze for big companies.
The day the Twinkie died
Hostess Brands goes out blaming unions for its demise
Holiday postal customers greeted with ‘No closures, no cuts’ message
Postal elves plastered Portland's main post office with protest signs Nov. 30.
USPS hiring freeze hurts veterans, postal workers say
Veterans are a fifth of the postal workforce, but USPS hasn't made permanent hires for 5 years.
Construction workers building ‘the cloud’ in Central Oregon
Oregon east of the Cascades is becoming one of the world’s prime locations for data centers.
Developers agree proposed Wood Village casino will be built union
Voters would first have to approve allowing a private casino just east of Portland.
Huts for the homeless, and handcuffs to hardhats
Oregon unions will train state prison inmates, and build shelters for homeless.
Kalama grain terminal expansion will employ some union labor
Union officials say JH Kelly will do 85 percent of the work on a $50 million grain silo expansion.
Union pickets call on Port of Kalama to ‘Hire Local Labor’
Will Cargill grain terminal’s $100M expansion hire local union labor or low-wage out-of-town crews?
Union labor and pension funds build state-of-the-art hospital on Southern Oregon coast
Coquille Valley Hospital’s new facility was constructed under a union project labor agreement
Pacific Power slashes workforce
Four months after a $50 billion dividend, Pacific Power cuts workers, some of whom had moved to take the job.
Columbia Pacific Building Trades signs deal for coal terminal
Unions pledge support for the project, and its developer pledges to build union.
Oregon takes baby step to restoring shop classes
Two union training centers partner with high schools to revitalize career and technical education
Laborers to Portland City Council: Stop the Cuts
Looking to avert cuts in roads and parks, union finds $120 million in an obscure City fund.
At Vancouver grain terminal, imported labor draws questions from lawmakers
Hundreds of non-local construction workers are brought in to work on the Vancouver waterfront.
Officials turn out to highlight jobs on TriMet Milwaukie light rail project
TriMet says the $1.5 billion project will create up to 14,500 jobs by its September 2015 finish.
Workers slam planned cuts to Portland roads and parks
Laborers Local 483 members turn out for a protest near Legacy hospital.
Troutdale City Council gets earful from IBEW Local 48 members
The contract for a new police station went to an out-of-state, nonunion electrical contractor.
Crown Cork & Seal shuts Portland can plant
The St. Johns facility was the last Oregon manufacturer of cans.
Last call at the Guild Public House
The short-lived, briefly-union bar closed its doors Oct. 29.