Northwest Labor Press

Measures to expedite energy facility siting, promote apprenticeship, and set minimum health care staffing have passed their first chamber.

HR 3076 would end the $5 billion yearly prepayment of future retirees’ health care costs, a requirement which causes nearly all USPS losses.

NWSL players won a 60% raise in minimum salary in their first-ever union contract—five years after unionizing.

For Southwest Washington’s labor community, it was the first full-sized live labor gathering since the pandemic.

An independent union won a landslide victory at a General Motors plant in central Mexico, a breakthrough for efforts to free Mexican workers.

Have you noticed we don’t have workers in America anymore? Instead, we have associates, team members, crew members, and partners.

When Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, it excluded farmworkers, who at the time were primarily African Americans.

Joe Biden isn’t getting a lot of love these days. But so far the record is clear: Labor has never had such a friend in the White House.

Nine Starbucks locations have now filed for union representation in Oregon, including six in Eugene alone.

After the City of Portland improved its offer, workers voted to approve a new contract and call off the strike that was set to start Feb. 10.