Northwest Labor Press

Shipyard workers reject Vigor contract offer

Jan 16, 2018

More than 1,000 employees in Portland and Puget Sound have been working under the terms of an extended master collective bargaining agreement that expired Sept. 1, 2017.

Portland’s KATU-TV will face a union picket

Jan 16, 2018

IATSE wants the public to know Sinclair Broadcasting is refusing to commit that KATU will continue to produce local news.

Frank Regalado, 1951-2018

Jan 16, 2018

Regalado was a 41-year member of the International Union of Elevator Constructors, and a longtime officer in Local 23.

With logjam gone, new life for labor bills that died last year

Jan 16, 2018

Infrastructure and equal pay bills are already moving one week into the session.

Audacious bills. Short timeline. And a big ‘if.’

Jan 16, 2018

In the Oregon Legislature’s “short” session starting Feb. 5, state lawmakers could pass affordable housing, paid family leave, and a “cap-and-invest” system to limit greenhouse gases.