Northwest Labor Press

Young Machinists bring holiday cheer to foster teens in east Multnomah County

Dec 17, 2019

The union volunteer group coordinates with caseworkers at the Gresham Branch of the Oregon Department of Human Services.

New Seasons Market to become part of a subsidiary of a Korean retail conglomerate

Dec 10, 2019

The sale comes two years after a union campaign that flat-lined when the “B Corp” brought in union-busters.

Clark College faculty vote to authorize strike

Dec 10, 2019

Up to 550 faculty members could strike as soon as next month if the college doesn’t agree to catch-up raises and lower the disparity between full and part time faculty.

The past, present, and future of American labor

Dec 4, 2019

For 19 years, journalist Steven Greenhouse wrote about labor for the New York Times. His new book looks at labor’s rise, decline and possible rebirth. Labor Press reporter Don McIntosh interviewed him by phone.

NLRB: Legacy must recognize union

Dec 4, 2019

Legacy Health asked the NLRB to annul a nurse union vote at Unity Behavioral Health, but all three Trump appointees rejected its legal appeal.

Labor loses spot on the Port of Portland Commission

Dec 4, 2019

For now, Governor Kate Brown has ended the tradition of having two labor reps on the board.

NW Oregon Labor Council re-elects slate of officers

Dec 4, 2019

All ran unopposed for new four-year terms. Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle will officiate at a ceremonial swearing-in at the labor council’s Jan. 27 meeting.

Oregon Tradeswomen is moving to Gresham

Dec 4, 2019

On Jan. 10, the group will move into a newly renovated 8,300-square-foot space, part of the 5.5-acre Rockwood Rising development.

Shipping returns to Portland’s Terminal 6

Dec 4, 2019

South Korea-based container carrier SM Lines will get a state subsidy to ship to Portland. A longshore union slowdown has been blamed for shippers pulling out, but other factors increasingly make container shipping to Portland a challenge.

In 1900s Portland , child labor was real … and awful

Dec 4, 2019

Child labor is the theme of the eighth in a series of closely-researched historical detective fiction novels set in the Portland of the early 20th century, written by retired union attorney Susan Stoner.