Northwest Labor Press

Utility line workers compete at Lineman Rodeo

Aug 3, 2022

The contest tests utility line workers for speed, safety and trade skills, and raises money for the Oregon Burn Center.

Workers at Portland pet and garden store go union

Aug 3, 2022

Workers at Fang! Pet & Garden Supply and Salty’s Pet Supply in Portland voted 13-0 to unionize with ILWU Local 5, in ballots counted July 19.

UPS hires union buster… at unit of five employees

Aug 3, 2022

The parcel delivery giant flew in a Florida-based union buster to try to talk workers out of unionizing with Teamsters Local 670.

OPB workers enter second month without contract

Aug 3, 2022

Management at OPB had an interesting wage proposal for 26 workers represented by SEIU Local 503: No raises for the next three years.

Union votes scheduled at three New Seasons stores

Aug 3, 2022

Workers at New Seasons Market stores in Portland and Hillsboro will be mailed ballots this month for three separate union organizing efforts.

Bistro workers: We’ve been plucked for too long

Aug 3, 2022

At the French bistro Alouette PDX, under-staffing and a lack of management support proved to be the perfect recipe for workers to launch a union drive.

TriMet workers extend contract through 2024

Aug 3, 2022

Portland-area transit workers will get raises at the end of this year and next, but otherwise their union contract will remain unchanged.

Nurses ratify two more Providence contracts

Aug 3, 2022

Members of the Oregon Nurses Association at Providence hospitals in Portland and Milwaukie approved two-year contracts with their employer.

New officers at IBEW Local 48

Aug 3, 2022

Dave Jacobsen has been elected president of IBEW Local 48 and Garth Bachman was reelected as business manager.

OHSU bargaining continues, and so does picketing

Aug 3, 2022

AFSCME and Oregon Health and Science University management have reached several tentative agreements, but have not settled on wage increases.