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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apprenticeship
Culture
Want diversity in construction? Hire union
Local union apprenticeship programs have had much more success than non-union getting Black, Hispanic, and women workers into construction.
Training the Next Generation
New labor representation on Apprenticeship Council
Laborers Local 737 political assistant Danielle Garza joins several other unionists on the Oregon Apprenticeship and Training Council.
National
Biden calls union leaders to the White House
Continuing a string of overtures to the labor movement, Biden announced a pro-union NLRB nominee and reversed Trump moves on apprenticeship.
National
Building trades sounds alarm on DOL apprenticeship proposal
In June, the U.S. Department of Labor proposed to give private organizations free rein to create new watered-down standards and self-certify subpar apprenticeship programs.
