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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Jobs
Union trades workers left in the dark as Portland Public Schools prepares to sell HQ
A proposal years in the making to sell Portland Public Schools headquarters to Albina Vision Trust is moving forward.
Jobs
Portland Public Schools is skimping on maintenance
A new report paid for by the district confirms what union tradespeople who maintain schools have been saying for years.
Union democracy
Union coalitions at shipyards, Portland, PPS under new leadership
Local 290 rep Pat Christensen's retirement left vacant leadership spots at the Metal Trades and union councils at PPS and City of Portland.
Collective bargaining
Portland Public Schools ratifies union contracts with maintenance, custodians, food service workers
All told, nearly 600 workers will get raises of 3% to 5% a year and more over the next few years.
Jobs
Portland Public Schools could face layoffs for 2017-18 school year
A loss in state education funding could spell layoffs next year for more than a hundred union members who work at Portland Public Schools.
Worker safety
Lead crisis in schools: Could underfunding of maintenance be the culprit?
Decades of cuts have made insufficient maintenance the new normal.
People
Machinists, Metal Trades, DCU have void to fill with Scott Lucy retirement
Lucy has been with the Machinists for 35 years.
