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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Iron Workers Local 516
Workers Rights
Instafab hires union-buster Bob Tiernan
Tiernan, former chair of the Oregon Republican Party, is a labor relations consultant who helped rid a Berkeley grocery of its union.
Workers Rights
Instafab settles charges, offers backpay and reinstatement to strikers
The strike by a minority of Instafab workers is now in its 22nd month.
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.
Workers Rights
NLRB says Instafab broke the law when it fired strikers
Instafab also threatened to fire other employees for talking with strikers.
Workers Rights
Ironworker strike now in Month 8
Strikers are hoping for vindication from the National Labor Relations Board.
Jobs
Portland skyline changes with topping out of 30-story high-rise
Union workers get high praise from contractors, developer of Park Avenue West
Buying Union
Buy America policy boosts manufacturing
Union ironworkers and electricians at United Streetcar in Clackamas were in the spotlight March 21 as U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood stopped by.
