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On July 11, 1934, a train full of Portland police opened fire on a strike picketline; 4 were hit.

Astoria, the U.S. oldest western settlement, was a waterfront boomtown full of radical immigrants

The historical mystery series follows a fictional trade union spy in early 1900s Portland.

Conventional narratives of the March downplay its economic demands — and labor’s central role

2011 —Year 3 of the Great Recession — may be remembered as Year 1 of the Great Fightback.

A new monument marks the grave of eight Chehalis girls killed in a 1911 fire at Imperial Powder.

Labor scholar Michael Honey has published a collection of King’s speeches about economic justice.

A new limited edition book tells stories of unionism, strikes, and dangerous working conditions at Crown Zellerbach in West Linn.

Union attorney Susan Stoner has published the second in her series of historical mystery novels.

At the Northwest Labor Press, the beginning of a new year is a chance to look back on the old one.