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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Environment Oregon
Collective bargaining
Strike at PIRG call center marks two-year union drive
Two years after voting to unionize, no contract, but no surrender either.
Workers Rights
PIRG fundraising group on trial for labor violations
Fund for the Public Interest managers tell a judge that firing David Neal was business as usual.
Workers Rights
Save the turtles, but never mind the TOPsters
Why PIRG call center workers wanted to unionize
Worker safety
PIRG call center pulls the chairs out from under workers
A PIRG call center tosses ergonomic chairs and gives union workers stackable metal chairs to sit on
Collective bargaining
PIRG fundraisers strike
Fund for the Public Interest negotiators walk out of union bargaining when a reporter shows up.
Workers Rights
PIRG fundraiser fires entire bargaining team
A manager also threatens to close Portland call center as workers walk out in protest
Collective bargaining
PIRG fundraising group fires all but one member of union bargaining team
Draconian policies at the Portland call center lead to sky-high turnover
Workers Rights
OSPIRG fundraiser fires pro-union workers
Workers at Fund for the Public Interest’s Portland call center voted in October to unionize.
