Northwest Labor Press

Their second contract provides a starting wage of $19. That’s a $2 increase from the previously negotiated salary floor.

About 2,000 union members and their families came out to the Labor Day picnic held at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds this year.

A City of Portland maintenance worker was impaled by a metal bar at work. His union has launched a fundraiser to support him as he recovers.

Journeyman Minna Long started a new job Aug. 28 with the Washington State Building Trades Council.

Longtime labor legislator Paul Holvey faces an Oct. 3 recall election in House District 8 in Eugene.

Larry Taylor is on a mission: training members on how to use the tools of democracy in their unions.

Strippers at Magic Tavern voted 16-0 to unionize with the Actors’ Equity Association, which represents stage actors and performers.

The workers voted 10-0 to join United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 in a Sept. 1 vote held in the employee break room.

Among young people, approval of labor unions is at 88%. And support for strikes is at 90%.

Housing Bureau employee Chris Flanary, a member of AFSCME Local 189, is one of the first to file for the all-new Portland City Council.