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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Kate Brown
People
Governor Brown nominates unionists
Several union figures were among the 76 individuals recently appointed by Oregon Governor Kate Brown to state board and commissions.
Workers Rights
Oregon Governor Kate Brown proposes more money for labor law enforcement
Oregon Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle is asking for an additional 25 full-time staff. The governor’s recommended budget proposes to add 11.
Worker safety
Teachers union blasts Governor Brown for reversal on school reopening
Oregon took months to develop guidelines for safe reopening. Now they won’t be enforced, Governor Kate Brown announced.
Worker safety
When are elected officials going to get serious? Unions condemn the continued mask shortage
Remember the proverb about the kingdom that was lost for the want of a horseshoe nail? Today, America is in crisis over the want of a 60-cent mask.
Oregon
A top national union leader, on the stump for Oregon Governor Kate Brown …
AFT national president Randi Weingarten praised the governor for preserving health care for low-income Oregonians.
Politics
Questions for Kate Brown
Northwest Labor Press senior staff reporter Don McIntosh spoke with Oregon Governor Kate Brown about some of the issues that matter most to working people. Here's what she said.
Oregon
Oregon public employee unions drop corporate tax transparency initiative to focus on defensive ballot fights
To unite business and labor against a pair of anti-tax measures, governor Kate Brown brokers a stand-down on a union-backed initiative.
Politics
Face time with the governor
Before addressing delegates, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown sat down with the Labor Press.
Union democracy
Building Trades back Governor Kate Brown for re-election
Building Trades union delegates also heard from Republicans Dennis Richardson and Greg Walden.
Oregon
Oregon’s new governor, Kate Brown
The newly sworn in governor also has a decades-long relationship with organized labor
