Northwest Labor Press

Labor is joining community groups to push a Fair Chance policy at the City of Portland

In the wake of Seattle’s $15 an hour, minimum wage campaigns are igniting all over the country.

Cities are pre-empted by state law, but unions are planning to push a statewide increase in 2015

Scott Mills of Painters Local 1094 challenges GOP incumbent Vic Gilliam in south Clackamas County

The 900-member local represents construction and shipyard laborers

With superintendent’s $66,000 raise, the district could have hired three people

Supporters vow to hold County Commissioners accountable for attempt to thwart Eugene

Starting at Lodge 1432 in 1971, Sass rose to become secretary-treasurer of the Oregon Machinists

Henson started as a Carpenter, became head of SEIU Local 49, and returned to serve AFSCME

Towers helped empower home care workers, raise corporate taxes, and save public services from cuts.