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.
Jobs
Back to work: Intel to spend nearly $4 billion to build Hillsboro fab
Microchip giant Intel’s announcement Oct. 19 that it will build a brand new development fabrication plant at its Ronler Acres Campus in Hillsboro was music to the ears of construction union officials. Intel said as many as 6,000 construction jobs will be created.
DeFazio tells Building Trades: More infrastructure investment needed
At the Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council convention in Roseburg, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio asked for labor’s help making the case that more public investment is needed to pull the country out of the Great Recession.
Union ‘Jobs Tour’ comes to Portland and Vancouver
Painters and Machinists leaders came to town to support politicians pledging job creation.
LERC professor says job training not solution to unemployment
Union membership plays bigger role in wage rates than education.
