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Approximately 4,500 grocery and meat workers in the Portland area are on strike through Labor Day weekend.

Union labor delivered a project that will solidify Portland International Airport's renown as America’s best.

About 2,500 TriMet workers have a new collective bargaining agreement that increases wages 13.6% over four years.

Delegates representing hundreds of affiliated unions gathered July 16-18 to set policy and recognize outstanding contributions.

OHSU had said it would pay workers only the minimum salary set by the National Institutes of Health. When a strike neared, they reconsidered.

The workers provide services to the homeless. They want higher wages, more robust staffing, and mental health support.

It wasn’t always this way. In 1965, the typical CEO of a big U.S. corporation made 21 times the pay of the average worker.

The first Monday of every September is labor’s holiday. Here are some of the Labor Day picnics in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

I reached out to some of Oregon’s most powerful and reflective labor leaders to find out how we are thinking about Labor Day.

With this edition, the Labor Press enters its 125th year. Over the next 12 months, we’ll celebrate by looking back at our movement’s history.

Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries says it’s time for lawmakers to put their money where their mouth is.

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