Northwest Labor Press

Reed housing advisors previously formed an independent union in 2018, but the college refused to recognize the union and filed legal appeals.

Near the close of NW Oregon Labor Council’s Oct. 23 delegates meeting, Mark Sturbois was called to the front for a surprise ceremony.

Staff changes at OPEIU Local 11, Oregon AFSCME, Oregon AFL-CIO, Oregon Building Trades, and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley’s office.

If the union movement is having a “moment,” the re-emergence of the United Auto Workers (UAW) is a big part of it.

Whether the American Legion or Industrial Workers of the World was to blame for a 1919 gun battle is still in dispute.

The pre-apprenticeship nonprofit is hemorrhaging board members and staff and may be losing favor with local unions.

75,000 workers struck Kaiser Permanente for 3 days. Now a 4-year agreement brokered by the U.S. Secretary of Labor provides 21% raises.

A strike is likely and will include lab techs, service, and maintenance workers at PeaceHealth hospitals in Vancouver and Longview.

Dentists say seeing more patients per day will lower the quality of care they offer to Medicaid enrollees and uninsured or homeless patients.

Bankruptcy is the fallout from a fight for two jobs on the Portland docks. The longshore union has been battling in court for over 10 years.