Northwest Labor Press

IBEW Local 125’s Marcy Grail named to Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council

Oct 4, 2016

She will complete the unexpired term of John Mohlis.

Labor secretary taps Worley for national Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship

Oct 4, 2016

The committee advises the Secretary of Labor on matters facing the registered apprenticeship system.

Work shouldn’t hurt, says OSEA

Sep 19, 2016

Oregon Special Education personnel all too frequently are injured by their students.

Seattle gets ready to pass fair scheduling law

Sep 19, 2016

Will Portland be next?

Machinists’ Guide Dog Dash motorcycle poker run raises $4,400

Sep 19, 2016

Machinists Lodge 63 and Machinists District W24 raised $4,400 for Guide Dogs of America Aug. 27 at the Chuck Drake Memorial Guide Dog Dash motorcycle poker run. Guide Dogs of America was founded by the

Ballot Measure 97: It’s time

Sep 19, 2016

By Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain Last Friday afternoon my commute to Salem from the Oregon AFL-CIO office in Portland was an hour and forty-five minutes. In other words, I had 105 minutes to either

Support for TPP costs Gov. Kate Brown endorsement from Oregon Machinists

Sep 19, 2016

Gov. Kate Brown’s support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has cost her an endorsement from the Machinists Non-Partisan Political League (MNPL), the political arm of Machinists District W24. Brown, a Democrat, is running for re-election

Menzies cabin cleaners go union at PDX

Sep 19, 2016

A group of 53 aircraft cabin cleaners at Portland International Airport has joined Service Employees (SEIU) Local 49. The workers are employees of Menzies Aviation, which has a contract to clean planes for Alaska Airlines

Sen. Jeff Merkley calls for national motor-voter

Sep 19, 2016

Just as Oregon led the nation as the first state to recognize Labor Day as a holiday, the United States should follow Oregon’s lead by implementing a national motor voter registration law. That was the

Portland truck plant layoffs put Machinists pension in danger

Sep 19, 2016

Daimler’s Portland truck plant set a new record this summer: Fewest manufacturing jobs ever. The plant, which entered the 21st century with about 3,000 production workers, today has 570. That’s after the most recent round