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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Postal workers cheer postmaster general’s resignation
Call for a moratorium on USPS’s plan to close 82 mail sorting centers — three of them in Oregon
Vigor christens new drydock at Portland’s Swan Island shipyard
The 960-foot Chinese-built vessel is the largest floating drydock in North America
Is USDA playing ‘chicken’ with our health?
Federal employees union sues USDA over rule that could result in sales of diseased chicken
Charges against ‘postal defenders’ dropped
A judge dismissed criminal charges in a two-year-old civil disobedience protest case
Unions endorse oil distribution center proposal in Vancouver
Construction unions will sign $210 million project labor agreement with Vancouver Energy
Southwest Washington students get taste of construction careers
About 1,200 high school students took part in the construction job fair
To break into Portland’s residential market, electricians union offers incentives
Plus5PDX warranties union electrical work for an additional five years
Oregon denies key permit for Ambre Energy coal terminal in Boardman
Construction unions supported the project, which pledged to use all-union labor
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.
