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.
Tag:
American Postal Workers Union
National
Postal unions protest privatization threats nationwide
President Trump has said privatizing USPS was an idea he’d consider, and on Feb. 24 he said he may put it under the U.S. Commerce Department.
Jobs
Unionists protest plans for postal hub that would increase driving by letter carriers
Instead of sorting mail in the post office closest to their routes, letter carriers will drive to a massive sorting facility in Hillsboro.
Jobs
USPS may stop processing mail in Eugene and Medford
If the proposed changes are approved, items mailed in Medford or Eugene would be first trucked to Portland, then trucked back.
National
Postal unions to Biden: Stop stalling and fill postal board vacancies
Postal workers have repeatedly protested plans to slow mail, raise prices, close postal facilities, and pave the way for privatization.
Jobs
Unions: Vote by mail now more than ever
The push for national vote-by-mail is timelier than ever in the midst of a pandemic, but postal union leaders say it won’t matter much if the U.S. Postal Service isn’t around.
Buying Union
Is that what they call the Portland Spirit?
A riverboat owner’s rant against recent pro-worker laws turns away a union convention host.
Jobs
Staples boycott ends with union win
The National Labor Relations Board ordered the US Postal Service to stop privatizing union members' work.
Jobs
RETURN TO SENDER: NLRB says Postal Service deal with Staples broke federal law
USPS broke the law when it outsourced to Staples without bargaining with the union
Jobs
Postal workers cheer postmaster general’s resignation
Call for a moratorium on USPS’s plan to close 82 mail sorting centers — three of them in Oregon
Jobs
Staples boycott grows
Unions boycott Staples after it contracts with USPS to staff mini-post offices in stores.
Jobs
Rally to save U.S. Postal Service delivers big crowd in Portland
Mail centers in Pendleton, Bend will close this year.
