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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Culture
Union logos get a little love
A new Twitter account dedicated to sharing union logos has quickly developed a fan base in the union Twitter world.
Collective bargaining
Verizon strike goes nationwide
The East Coast landline strike spreads, with solidarity pickets around the country.
Culture
IBEW 48: More diverse than it used to be
A new online video by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) calls attention to diversity in Portland-headquartered Local 48. Local 48 was an...
Jobs
To break into Portland’s residential market, electricians union offers incentives
Plus5PDX warranties union electrical work for an additional five years
People
IBEW Local 48’s Keith Edwards retires after 44-year career
Edwards, 64, was IBEW's first black business manager
National
We are the 99 percent: Unions get behind the Occupy movement
Unions line up in support of Occupy Wall Street as the movement explodes.
Collective bargaining
IBEW members vote to strike Pacific Power
If no agreement is reached, workers expect to strike or be locked out the day after Labor Day.
Portland
To diversify, IBEW recruits
NECA-IBEW trains and dispatches black Portlanders who want a starting spot in the electrical trade.
Oregon/Washington
How to tell summer is here: It’s union picnic season
This year in the Portland area, union picnic season gets under way next weekend, continues throughout the summer, culminates Labor Day with the area’s biggest union picnic (the Northwest Oregon Labor Council picnic at Oaks Park), and wraps up the weekend after that for several unions.
Green Jobs
Union contractor installs solar vehicle charging station in Portland
The first of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, a solar-powered charging station for electrical vehicles opened June 8 at the Portland Development Commission parking lot. It's the creation of Christenson Electric and EV4 Oregon.
