Northwest Labor Press

The lessons of 1968 still matter today

Feb 13, 2018

Dr. King’s vision of unifying economic and racial justice cannot be forgotten.

Building Trades backs Nick Fish, Loretta Smith for City Council

Feb 13, 2018

The council also made candidate endorsements for three counties and Metro.

OE 701 cries foul at Boeing use of “rat” contractor at Gresham plant

Feb 13, 2018

Integrity Machinery Moving is accused of underbidding union contractors while employing nonunion workers and paying them below area-standard wages and benefits.

UO’s new $1 billion Knight Science Campus will be built under a PLA

Feb 13, 2018

Oregon State Building Trades signed a project labor agreement with UO and Hoffman Construction on the project, which will be built in four phases over 10 years and employ up to 1,300 construction workers.

America’s trade deficit soars in Trump’s first year

Feb 8, 2018

The goods deficit with China hit a new record in 2017.

Breakthrough in new teacher contract at Portland Public Schools: class size limits

Feb 7, 2018

The long-delayed agreement also raises pay 8 percent and adds an extra day to the school year.

Inslee rejects Vancouver oil terminal

Feb 5, 2018

The proposed union-built facility would have been the largest oil terminal in North America.

Major escalation: Burgerville Workers Union now calling on consumers to boycott the company

Feb 2, 2018

The company has refused to meet with their union, and has now fired as many as six union supporters.

IBEW’S DONNA HAMMOND: A lifetime of beating back barriers of race and gender

Jan 30, 2018

A dose of sass — and a sense of when to pick her battles — helped overcome many obstacles in an overwhelmingly white male construction workplace.

A union-backed challenge to Oregon’s Greg Walden

Jan 30, 2018

Two years ago, almost no one wanted to run against the powerful Republican Congressman. This year, half a dozen Democrats are competing for the nomination. UFCW is getting behind a former union maritime worker.