Northwest Labor Press

Marty Walsh, sworn in as labor secretary March 23, is the former head of Laborers Local 223 and the Boston Building Trades Council.

Five Washington newspapers have unionized recently, the latest in a nationwide surge among print and online journalists under way since 2015.

The IBEW Local 77 linemen, public employees, took their cause to the public, and found overwhelming public support.

Workers Rights

According to a March 29 report, the drop has been dramatic. Since 2010 the NLRB has lost 452 employees, or 26%.

Postmaster General DeJoy’s 10-year plan to save USPS would slow first class mail delivery, reduce post office hours, and raise prices.

Josh Hall was president of United Steelworkers Local 7150. Now he’ll help dislocated union workers get unemployment and other benefits.

Will Layng is leaving as executive director to return to SEIU, where he formerly worked as organizing director at Local 49.

Multnomah County Commission appointed Andrea Valderrama as state rep for HD 47, passing over former union president Adrienne Enghouse.

The union says electric motor repair shop IPS didn’t bargain in good faith, and its Portland workers have voted to authorize a strike.

Workers Rights

Trump NLRB appointees had declared that student teaching assistants aren’t employees under the National Labor Relations Act.