Northwest Labor Press

To unite business and labor against a pair of anti-tax measures, governor Kate Brown brokers a stand-down on a union-backed initiative.

After Mars Petcare swallows up giant VCA chain, workers vote to join ILWU.

About 250 production workers at the facility continue to be represented by Teamsters Local 58.

A pilot project will provide child care stipends to low-income single parents who want to enroll in pre-apprenticeship programs.

A national agreement covering 47,000 Kaiser employees may be wrapped up next week.

Workers voted 92-54 to join SEIU Local 49.

Apprentice Patrick Montgomery spent two weeks helping erect a suspension bridge so people and animals could cross the river during rainy season.

The work of historical fiction features a true-to-life Portland fire fighter — David Campbell — who was killed in the line of duty in 1911.

Vying to succeed him are WSLC secretary-treasurer Lynne Dodson and Machinists District Lodge 751 Political Director Larry Brown.

Ruling 5-4 in Janus vs. AFSCME, the court says union-represented public employees don’t have to pay anything to the union.