Labor History Archives - nwLaborPress

What’s it like to strike?

Mar 2, 2022

Strikes, once common, are rare today. We asked Northwest Labor Press readers to share their strike stories.

Oregon labor history chronology

Nov 3, 2020

Pacific Northwest Labor History Association has published a chronology of labor history, assembled by the group’s Oregon trustee Ron Verzuh.

Looking back on the Battle in Seattle

Nov 15, 2019

It’s been 20 years since the Seattle WTO protests. The corporate trade agenda has never recovered.

Major labor history conference in Portland

May 1, 2019

As many as 150 labor historians, students, and union members will gather in Portland May 3-5 for the annual conference of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association, which rotates through Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.

Our history can inspire today’s young workers

Apr 16, 2019

General strikes created labor heroes, along with a few labor martyrs, and they inspired new generations of workers to join unions.

Bricklayers Local 1 celebrates 125 years

Oct 3, 2018

When BAC Local 1 began on May 22, 1893, bricklayers were making $6 a day and working six 10-hour days a week.

Operating Engineers Local 701 celebrates its centennial

Sep 18, 2018

Oregon was a very different place when the International Union of Steam Operating Engineers chartered a new local Sept. 18, 1918.

United Way’ers, labor partners from across the country take part in ‘Labor Walk’

Aug 28, 2017

The 1.7-mile-walk through downtown Portland stopped at spots important to local labor history.

Solidarity — Now, and Forever: Tacoma labor honors the man who wrote “Solidarity Forever”

Aug 16, 2017

In Tacoma, Ralph Chaplin’s spirit is marching on.

Song of the Stubborn One Thousand

Jan 3, 2017

A new book tells the story of a remarkable union victory in a California frozen food strike during an era of union-busting.