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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Brad Avakian
Union democracy
Building Trades back Governor Kate Brown for re-election
Building Trades union delegates also heard from Republicans Dennis Richardson and Greg Walden.
Workers Rights
Common Sense Economics introduced at Labor Law Conference
The program illustrates why today’s economy isn’t working for working people.
Union democracy
Avakian, Starr spar at Oregon building trades gathering
Energy infrastructure was a flashpoint at the annual building trades convention.
Workers Rights
Blueberry growers fined for minimum wage violations, but Avakian cries foul
Back pay and civil penalties total $240,000 for violating the rights of 1,100 workers.
Union democracy
Oregon AFL-CIO 52nd Convention
At a time when labor is under attack, delegates put aside differences to declare “We are one”
Oregon/Washington
Top Dems debate, seeking Oregon AFL-CIO backing
Delegates debate but make no endorsement in Oregon's 1st Congressional District.
Oregon/Washington
Avakian, Witt woo building trades unions
Building Trades unions meet on the Oregon coast to consider endorsements and set policy.
