Northwest Labor Press

The contractor stiffed its workers of $200,000 on multiple Southwest Washington public construction projects.

Republicans wanted to overturn a rule allowing ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investments in pensions.

As skies dumped snow on Portland, administrators were warm in home offices, but night custodians battled blizzard conditions to get to work.

The group pairs kids with paid mentors for at least 12 years. Mentors, called friends, spend three to four hours a week with 8 to 10 children.

Simone Rede, newly installed as Portland City Auditor, didn’t think a first union contract needed to be so hard.

Minor League Baseball players unionized in September. And by the end of March, they had their first-ever collective bargaining agreement.

Culture change in construction is real, and it’s happening, Local 290 member Kasey Finegan told lawmakers and their staffmembers.

The Portland police union says officers should get to see bodycam footage before writing reports, as they do at most other police bureaus.

Teamsters Local 162 members are losing patience with Maletis’ suggestion to back out of the union’s fully funded pension plan.

Culture

Burgerville Workers Union won one of the restaurant industry’s highest honors March 29: A James Beard Foundation award.