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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Georgia-Pacific
Jobs
Georgia-Pacific Coos Bay: Another Oregon lumber mill closes for good
Georgia-Pacific abruptly closed its Coos Bay lumber mill April 11, permanently laying off 94 members of Machinists Local Lodge W261.
Collective bargaining
AWPPW rejects Georgia-Pacific / Koch Industries concessionary contract proposal
Profitable Georgia-Pacific proposed a two-tier wage and benefit system, and a slew of other concessions.
Portland
Portland bus brigade travels to rallies at 8 worksites
With 8+ union contracts expiring June 30, activists thought, “Why not get all the unions together?”
Collective bargaining
Steelworkers ratify pact at Georgia-Pacific’s Wauna mill
At a paper mill in Wauna, Oregon, USW ratified Georgia-Pacific’s final contract proposal.
Oregon/Washington
Koch brothers have presence in Oregon
Georgia-Pacific has changed since it was bought in 2005 by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch.
