Northwest Labor Press

Talented staffers keep Northwest Labor Press humming

Sep 3, 2010

Over the last 110 years the Labor Press has had many staffers.

Northwest Labor Press celebrates its 110th anniversary

Sep 3, 2010

Portland unions in 1900 started the Labor Press because of the lack of coverage of labor activities by the commercial press. Today, a decade into its second century, the Labor Press pursues the same objectives.

Mohlis to succeed Shiprack at Oregon Building Trades Council

Sep 3, 2010

John Mohlis, executive secretary-treasurer of the Columbia Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council, was elected by acclamation to succeed Bob Shiprack as executive secretary of the Oregon State Building Trades Council. Shiprack is retiring after 25 years at the helm.

Fired BrucePac workers reinstated

Sep 3, 2010

BrucePac has offered reinstatement and back pay to three of the 17 union supporters it fired in June 2009.

Portland meeting with Trumka and Kitzhaber draws over 500

Sep 3, 2010

National AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka, on a Aug. 23-24 visit to Portland, rallied local union activists to stay politically active despite disappointments, and to help elect John Kitzhaber as governor of Oregon.

Common, and illegal: Rules banning employees from discussing wages with their co-workers run afoul of federal labor law

Jul 16, 2010

Sharing information about wages, benefits, and working conditions is a protected right, even in nonunion workplaces.

Trained home energy workers waiting for jobs

Jul 2, 2010

A year into a much-watched Portland pilot project, few union-trained workers have found “green jobs.”

Oregon’s Worker Freedom Act survives court challenge

May 21, 2010

Oregon’s Worker Freedom Act has survived its first court challenge. In a May 6 ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mosman dismissed a lawsuit by two business groups that wanted the union-authored state law struck

NLRB rules BrucePac firings broke federal labor law

May 7, 2010

BrucePac broke labor law when it fired workers for supporting a union campaign, says a federal judge.

Ergonomic regulation reform put on the back burner

Apr 16, 2010

Nine years since a Republican Congress axed ergonomic regs, Ds show no appetite to reinstate them.