Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Central Labor Council Archives

The Southwest Washington Central Labor Council saw three of its four endorsed candidates win in Washington’s Nov. 7 election.

A second annual Southwest Washington Labor Awards dinner honored individuals and organizations for their service to labor.

For Southwest Washington’s labor community, it was the first full-sized live labor gathering since the pandemic.

For the second year in a row, all official Labor Day picnics in Oregon and SW Washignton are cancelled due to the continuing pandemic.

Labor groups raised $9,135, enough to purchase 7,035 pounds of ham from union grocer Cascade Select Market for Meals on Wheels.

A 41-year member of the Plumbers and Fitters, he led the Cowlitz Wahkiakum Labor Council and the Longview/ Kelso Building Trades Council.

Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Central Labor Council and local unions contributed $5,585 worth of hams for Lower Columbia CAP Meals on Wheels.

The group was invited to make the case for opening union bargaining to the public.

Every year on Labor Day, union members come together to celebrate family and community. Here are this year’s events.

The settlement appears to avert a clash planned for the arrival of the first ship.