Northwest Labor Press

Use tax dollars to incentivize the creation of middle wage green jobs

Apr 18, 2018

The emerging clean economy can be the keystone of a good wage and benefit strategy.

Bill to end tribal worker union rights fails in Senate

Apr 18, 2018

The vote was 55-41 to end debate, but backers needed 60 votes.

Time to ban asbestos? Merkley and Bonamici think so

Apr 18, 2018

Decades after asbestos insulation was banned, the fibers are still in many legal products in America.

America’s most dangerous jobs

Apr 18, 2018

Three of the top 10 are in construction.

Making roadway construction zones safer

Apr 17, 2018

More roadway construction workers are killed each year by construction equipment and vehicles than by on-road vehicles. How can we make it safer?

Ron Heintzman: 1953-2018

Apr 17, 2018

The Portland transit union leader helped build Local 757, and was briefly national union president.

A record 130 apprentices compete in Plumbers & Fitters Local 290 skills contest

Apr 17, 2018

The top finisher in each discipline advances to the Western Regional Apprentice Contest this June in Denver, Colorado.

Democrats meet organized labor

Apr 17, 2018

Democratic Party of Oregon’s Labor Caucus drew 160 to a four-hour event educating Democrats about labor.

STRIKE! Could the red-state teacher walkouts herald a return of labor’s long-forgotten tactic?

Apr 4, 2018

In an era when the strike seems all but dead, it feels like the beginning of a strike wave.

Shame on Fortis? Or should it be ‘Shame on Facebook?’

Apr 4, 2018

Building trades union leaders are irked that some of the work on the Facebook data center in Prineville is going to nonunion subcontractors that pay below area-standard wages and use workers from out of state.