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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Ironworkers protest Facebook
In a major expansion of the Facebook data center in Prineville, Oregon, a general contractor is using low-wage nonunion ironworkers from out of state.
Jobs
Shame on Fortis? Or should it be ‘Shame on Facebook?’
Building trades union leaders are irked that some of the work on the Facebook data center in Prineville is going to nonunion subcontractors that pay below area-standard wages and use workers from out of state.
Jobs
Construction workers building ‘the cloud’ in Central Oregon
Oregon east of the Cascades is becoming one of the world’s prime locations for data centers.
Workers Rights
More workers fired for Facebook postings
A Frito-Lay worker is fired after complaining about a supervisor on Facebook.
Workers Rights
Workers fired for Facebook posts; NLRB investigates
Employers are increasingly firing workers for Facebook rants. But that’s against federal labor law.
