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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SEIU 503 political director Arthur Towers departs after decades of service to labor
Towers helped empower home care workers, raise corporate taxes, and save public services from cuts.
IBEW attorney Norm Malbin rests his case
Malbin policed an industry, trained hundreds in labor law, and helped members with legal problems
Lee Duncan retirement sidelines motorcycle poker run for kids
Co-founder Lee Duncan retires from Unions4Kids, and his job at IBEW Local 48
Machinists, Metal Trades, DCU have void to fill with Scott Lucy retirement
Lucy has been with the Machinists for 35 years.
Labor attorney publishes fourth in series of novels about Portland’s trade union past
The historical mystery series follows a fictional trade union spy in early 1900s Portland.
Oregon Historical Society exhibit features first black-owned bakery
Hurtis Hadley is a retired member of Bakers Local 114
New LERC instructor brings an organizer’s perspective
Raahi Reddy was hired to replace longtime labor educator Marcus Widenor, who retired.
IBEW Local 48’s Keith Edwards retires after 44-year career
Edwards, 64, was IBEW's first black business manager
Homecoming for national AFL-CIO’s Liz Shuler
The top labor leader is a native Oregonian.
David Cecil named chief of staff at AFT-Oregon
The former graduate teaching fellow has 13 years in the labor movement
Lansing tapped to international Bakers Union executive board
Lansing, 62, is the first from Local 114 to serve the union’s national Executive Board
Dick Schwarz retires from AFT-Oregon
The longtime AFT leader helped bring down perennial union foe Bill Sizemore.
Portland Jobs with Justice leader Margaret Butler stepping down
Her replacement is Karly Edwards, a longtime UNITE HERE organizer.
UFCW’s Anderson re-elected to Salem Electric Coop
The member-owned co-op serves 20,000 in Salem and Keizer.
Lanning to depart Oregon AFL-CIO
Longtime union political staffer will work full-time at the state Workers Compensation Board.
After 38 years, Kathy Blay retires as secretary for Locals 1236, 740
Blay greeted a generation of members of Floor Coverers Local 1236 and Glass Workers Local 740.
Two Local 16 sheet metal workers chosen as top 12 in United States
Sheet metal detailers do complicated, behind-the-walls building systems.
Oregon Senate confirms Kitzhaber appointees
Dozens of Kitzhaber appointees were confirmed, including including a handful important to labor.
IBEW Local 48 member uses Heimlich to save life of colleague
Kim Gilliam's quick reaction came two weeks after an EC company first aid training.
Architects honor Local 290 member David Roberts
American Institute of Architects honors the work on a Eugene swimming pool boiler.
