Northwest Labor Press

The council’s top officer Evelyn Shapiro has resigned amid allegations of vote rigging in a Seattle contract ratification vote.

Portland JwJ has a new leader, as does Unite Oregon, and Governor Brown appoints a new batch of labor officials to state advisory boards.

Eighteen months after the Oregon Symphony went silent, Alicia Waite and her fellow members of AFM Local 99 are back making music.

Sheet Metal Local 16’s relationship with the newly unionized Vancouver firm has gone from bad to worse, with legal charges multiplying.

Units totaling over 34,000 Kaiser Permanente employees in Oregon and California have signaled they’re ready to strike after 10 days notice.

The strike by 60,000 members of IATSE will begin on Oct. 18 if no deal with producers has been reached by then.

In one survey by Oregon Nurses Association, 60% of nurses said they’re considering leaving the profession.

The Postmaster’s new 10-year plan will slow First Class and parcel deliveries, raise prices, close post offices, and outsource postal work.

Members of Service Employees Local 49 are fighting for wage increases, improved job safety, and to stop the hospital from outsourcing jobs.

Workers at the nonprofit SE Portland daycare and preschool are now represented by ILWU Local 5, which also represents Growing Seeds.