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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Carpenters Local 1503
Culture
A QUEST FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Interviews with 12 local construction tradeswomen reveals, no surprise: They want the same chance to succeed.
Union democracy
Carpenters international union dissolves eight Northwest locals
United Brotherhood of Carpenters transferred more than 19,000 members into five newly chartered locals. No explanation was given.
Union Organizing
Carpenters organize at Portland wood framing contractor Wood Mechanix
The union has had discussions with workers at Wood Mechanix for years, and soon they'll vote in a union election.
Jobs
Raising the roof
Union members are getting experience with mass timber at Portland International Airport's new terminal roof.
Worker safety
Construction industry confronts suicide in the ranks
Construction workers commit suicide at three times the national average. More die by suicide than job site injuries or accidents.
Union democracy
Carpenters Local 156, formed in a 2011 merger, splits into two
Local 156 is replaced with newly formed Locals 1503 and 271.
