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105 years ago, well before any law recognized union rights, a paper mill strike spread like a match to paper across Oregon and Washington.

A union campaign by ILWU at the Longview paper mill launched in late November but fell short in ballots counted Feb. 22.

The Newberg mill used to be where Oregon sent its recycled paper. Now it’s being scrapped. And its $28/hour union jobs won’t be coming back.

The Bakers union activist and former AWPPW member died after long bout with cancer.

Remember the proverb about the kingdom that was lost for the want of a horseshoe nail? Today, America is in crisis over the want of a 60-cent mask.

More paper mill closures ahead? The nation’s second largest paper producer just gobbled up the fifth largest.

The former Crown-Zellerbach mill once employed 1,600 people.

Profitable Georgia-Pacific proposed a two-tier wage and benefit system, and a slew of other concessions.

An autonomous division of the Carpenters, AWPPW represents 4,500 pulp and paper mill workers.

About 200 workers lost jobs at WestRock, formerly SP Fiber.