Northwest Labor Press is an independent union-supported newspaper founded in 1900. Our print version is mailed twice a month to about 45,000 members of over three dozen local unions in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Our online version has been maintained here since 1997.
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Oregon Working Families Party state director Karly Edwards is leaving to work for the Oregon Nurses Association.
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SEIU organizing director Will Layng will lead Portland Jobs With Justice. Martin Taylor returns to lead Oregon Nurses Association.
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Oregon governor populates boards with labor figures; D Pei Wu departs Portland JwJ
Laborers leader Dave Tischer clocks out
Tischer, 54, retired Jan. 1 after 19 years as a leader in Locals 320 and 737.
Brett Hinsley hired by Cement Masons international
Business agent Geoff Kossak was appointed by the Executive Board to complete Hinsley’s unexpired term as business manager.
Eryn Byram new executive director of Labor’s Community Services
She succeeds Vickie Burns, who retired in January.
Tragedy strikes Cement Masons Local 555 … again
Journeyman mason Maurice “Mo” Starks, a member of Local 555, was killed in a roll-over car crash on I-405 in Portland.
Portland Bakery Union member Shad Clark made international VP for Western Region
The former Local 114 business agent has a long history as a union worker and activist.
Vickie Burns retires from Labor’s Community Service Agency
LCSA is a labor-affiliated non-profit charity sponsored by United Way.
Questions for flight attendants union president Sara Nelson
Topics: flying union, airline consolidation, union unity and why there've been no strikes lately.
Richards retires from Office and Professional Employees Local 11
Union rep Maureen Colvin will serve the remainder of his term.
Janet Irwin of AFSCME Local 88 turns the page on 46-year library career
Irwin was there when the library unionized in 1974, and when it joined Multnomah County in 1990.
Merkley hires new labor liaison
Dan Mahr, a former Working America field rep, succeeds Ed Hall as labor liaison for Oregon’s junior U.S. senator.
Seattle OPEIU Local 8 leader named director of organizing for international
OPEIU represents 103,000 workers in credit unions, insurance, shipping, utilities, administrative offices and more.
IBEW Local 125’s Marcy Grail named to Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council
She will complete the unexpired term of John Mohlis.
Labor secretary taps Worley for national Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship
The committee advises the Secretary of Labor on matters facing the registered apprenticeship system.
Mohlis retires from Building Trades Council; Frew tapped as successor
An Aug. 23 retiree party drew nearly 250 well-wishers from across the political spectrum.
Local labor movement personnel changes
Heather Conroy, Alma Raya, Stacy Chamberlain, Jaime Sorenson, Joe Esmonde
Exit Interview: 5 questions for Oregon AFSCME’s Ken Allen
He retires July 31 after 21 years leading the statewide organization.
Proud to be Union — AND Transgender
Pride At Work Oregon chapter president Be Marston tells how she went from a boss-hating bartender to a passionate believer in unions.
