Northwest Labor Press

At a titanium plant in Albany, managers squelch union drive

Mar 13, 2019

At ATI Cast Products, a blitz of anti-union meetings turned a pro-union majority to a minority and resulted in a 285-179 vote against joining the United Steelworkers.

AFSCME on-call workers to Multnomah County: ‘no thanks’

Mar 13, 2019

Multnomah County is proposing to recognize 100 on-call workers as part of the union, while leaving 200 out.

Women of labor

Mar 13, 2019

Today’s labor movement and the rights working people enjoy would not be what they are without the contributions of strong, fearless women.

A picket line of union dentists

Mar 13, 2019

A group of 28 dentists at Multnomah County clinics joined Oregon AFSCME last Spring, but they’ve had a hard time reaching agreement on a first contract.

Union effort falls short at United Way in Portland

Mar 13, 2019

The vote was 12 in favor of joining Communications Workers of America Local 7901, and 14 opposed.

Workers unionize at two more Burgerville stores

Mar 13, 2019

Burgerville Workers Union now has majority support at the Convention Center and Montavilla restaurants.

Union labor is remaking Portland’s Providence Park soccer stadium

Mar 12, 2019

The project will employ 120 union members at its peak.

Labor professor Gordon Lafer runs for school board

Feb 26, 2019

Lafer, a professor at UO’s Labor Education and Research Center, will campaign for Eugene School Board.

On the job with IATSE Local 28

Feb 26, 2019

Almost no one knows what they do, but entertainment riggers are the workers that make the spectacle of show business possible.

Hospital support workers unionize – by one vote – at Providence Portland

Feb 25, 2019

In a real-life demonstration that every vote counts, support staff at Providence Portland hospital have won a union by a single vote — after an on-again, off-again campaign that goes back 20 years.