Northwest Labor Press

Proposal would end “shadow economy” of illegal and exploited workers

The contracts covering 14,000 include a 25 cent raise and 15% health insurance increase.

The Portland maker of heavy-duty Western Star trucks currently has 930 union workers.

House Bill 2800 would allow the state to borrow up to $450 million

OSU argued they’re not employees, but lost; votes will be counted March 7

Proponents of single payer health care plan an Oregon ballot measure for 2016.

The WW II veteran was a Teamsters business agent and lobbyist from 1946 to 1987.

Oregon Fair Trade Campaign’s tally: 55,000 Oregon jobs lost since NAFTA

To change our game we must realize that the union structure isolates us into sector silos.

Job security will be a top concern in bargaining between the City of Portland and a union coalition