Northwest Labor Press

Workers struck for wage increases and an end to forced overtime, but got only very modest improvements in the modified employer offer.

In Vancouver, Fire Fighters Local 452 will raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association Sept. 9 and 10.

About 1,800 janitors will see wages rise $2.25 an hour over the next three years, reaching $18 an hour in year three.

The first contract to be negotiated since members regained the right to strike contains the biggest raises in a generation.

1,100 hospital workers at Legacy Emanuel and Good Samaritan were set to walk out July 15; instead they ratified a five-year contract.

CEO pay increased an incredible $712,720 last year on average among S&P 500 companies, according to the latest annual report by the AFL-CIO.

Scabby is 12′ tall and has red eyes, fangs, and claws. It may be scary looking, but the beloved inflatable is not an outlaw, the NLRB says.

The Senate confirmation votes, mostly along party lines, will give the NLRB a worker-friendly majority once again.

A business representative of Sheet Metal Workers Local 16, he was involved in the lengthy CleanPak strike that began in 1998.

Members pre-registered and were assigned time slots and the picnic was held in shifts over two Sundays in July.