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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IBEW Local 48
Politics
May primary election results for Northwest Oregon
Passage of two big bonds is good news for local building trades unions
Collective bargaining
KGW returns to labor peace
A long-festering union dispute comes to a close as the third union at KGW-TV ratifies a new contract.
Building our communities
Union electricians help light up The Grotto Festival of Lights
Thirty IBEW Local 48 volunteers put in over a million LED lights.
Politics
Election night yields mixed scorecard for Oregon labor
Labor held the line in most races, but several losses stung.
Politics
A union electrician runs for the Oregon legislature
5 Questions for Oregon House Candidate Ray Lister.
People
Local labor movement personnel changes
Heather Conroy, Alma Raya, Stacy Chamberlain, Jaime Sorenson, Joe Esmonde
Union democracy
IBEW Local 48 reelects Gary Young
Young outpolled challenger Jakob Juntunen 711 to 665 in a July 12 runoff election.
Collective bargaining
At KGW-TV, unions take stand against ‘Uberization’ of news
Meanwhile, in Seattle, City Council takes the unions' side.
Collective bargaining
Verizon strike goes nationwide
The East Coast landline strike spreads, with solidarity pickets around the country.
Union Organizing
Portland-area ADT workers stay nonunion
Possibly spooked by an East Coast lockout, they vote 14-10 not to join IBEW 48
Jobs
New submarine-hunting drone is union built in Oregon
The drone sub is made by members of Iron Workers Shopmen’s Local 516 and IBEW Local 48.
Collective bargaining
KGW-TV on trial for labor violation
KGW wants an end to union jurisdiction, but won't show why it needs that
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...
Oregon
Governor Brown appoints two labor nominees to workers’ comp committee
Kevin Billman of UFCW and IBEW Local 48 staff attorney Diana Winther are nominees for MLAC.
Building our communities
Giving Back: IBEW Local 48 members gather warm clothes and blankets for homeless
Union Gospel Mission gets a union assist.
Building our communities
Volunteers from IBEW Local 48 help light up The Grotto Festival of Lights
Continuing a 28-year tradition, IBEW Local 48 volunteers install 500,000 lights.
Politics
IBEW’s Gary Young appointed to Port Commission
Young takes the spot held by former ILWU Local 8 president Bruce Holte.
Culture
Old Glory rises at IBEW Local 48 union hall
The flag once flew over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Collective bargaining
At Siemens, solidarity got the goods
A group of NW medical imaging techs got a first union contract with big gains.
