Northwest Labor Press

Oregon workers comp: Low premiums, high benefits. How do they do it?

Apr 17, 2015

Some of the savings are, literally, on the backs of workers.

On the hunt for cancer at Wah Chang

Apr 16, 2015

Thousands of workers may have been exposed to radiation

Minimum wage campaign fills Oregon Capitol hearing rooms

Apr 16, 2015

Backers and opponents traded volley after volley at a hearing on raising Oregon’s minimum wage.

Port of Portland passes new ‘social equity’ policy

Apr 16, 2015

New airline service contractors will have to hire 80% of their workers from the previous contractor

Avakian urges Congress to nix TPP trade deal

Apr 16, 2015

Panel at AFL-CIO-sponsored event says fast track trade deal is a power grab by large corporations

John Mohlis lands Compass Award from Port of Portland

Apr 16, 2015

John Mohlis, executive secretary of the Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council, received the Port of Portland’s 2014 Compass Award April 15 at the Port’s “Gateway to the Globe” meeting. The annual award recognizes

Federal OSHA’s Silica Neverland

Apr 16, 2015

Six years after Obama took office, workers are still waiting for protection from deadly dust.

KGW unions to demonstrate in Pioneer Square April 25

Apr 16, 2015

In contract bargaining, Gannett is proposing to eliminate union jurisdiction.

Labor Bowl raises over $12,000 for MDA

Apr 16, 2015

The annual event raises money to help kids with muscular dystrophy.

Oregon labor bucks national trend

Apr 16, 2015

Oregon is different because our unions work together, fight together, and lead together.