Northwest Labor Press

Oregon Democratic Party staff unionizes with Painters

Feb 4, 2020

The party voluntarily recognized Sign Painters & Paint Makers Local 1094 in December, and signed a first union contract in early January.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler falls short on labor council endorsement

Feb 4, 2020

Supporters will make another attempt to approve endorsement at the February 24 meeting.

Environmental justice group goes union … on the spot

Jan 21, 2020

OPAL executive director Huy Ong didn’t think twice when his employees announced they wanted a union.

Class struggle takes the stage at the 2020 SAG Awards

Jan 21, 2020

The union’s top award went to the Korean cast of Parasite, the runaway hit dark comedy that depicts a working class family that connives to escape dire poverty by getting jobs as servants for a rich family.

Strike wins big gains for faculty at Clark College

Jan 17, 2020

Not only do faculty get raises of roughly $10,000 a year, but the new contract reduces the college’s incentive to shift course load to lower-paid part-timers.

Now open to the public, the Portland Hyatt Regency Convention Center was largely union-built

Jan 15, 2020

The hotel opened Dec. 19– on budget, and ahead of schedule.

Tilesetting jobs were the one union sore spot on the Hyatt project

Jan 15, 2020

Bricklayers Local 1 warned Mortenson that there’d be problems with non-union contractor.

OSHA signs off on reduced fine against bridge painting contractor

Jan 15, 2020

Nearly three years after a near-fatal workplace accident under the Ross Island Bridge, contractor Abhe & Svoboda will pay just $24,500 in a settlement with Oregon OSHA, down from the $189,000 first announced. The non-union firm continues to bid on ODOT work.

Clark College instructors wage first-ever strike

Jan 15, 2020

The instructors want catch-up raises, and they want part-time faculty to be paid at the same rate as full time faculty.

Oregon AFL-CIO ramps up pressure on Rep. Kurt Schrader to get behind labor law reform

Jan 15, 2020

The Protecting the Right to Organize Act would protect the right to strike, prevent misclassification of workers, increase penalties for retaliation, and more, but Democrat Schrader isn’t on board.