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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NAFTA
Trade
A conversation with NAFTA critic Lori Wallach
So-called free trade agreements aren't about trade any more, nor freedom
Trade
Top national trade expert to keynote at Fair Trade Campaign’s 10-year dinner
Lori Wallach, director of Global Trade Watch, is a frequent TV guest on trade politics
Trade
Secret Pacific Rim trade deal on track to completion
Obama's NAFTA-style treaty with 11 Pacific Rim nations is slated for signing in October
Trade
Nearly 2,000 Oregon jobs lost to trade in 2012
Oregon Fair Trade Campaign's tally: 55,000 Oregon jobs lost since NAFTA
Trade
Senator Wyden gets an earful at TPP town hall
Up to 200 turned out on a work day at a listening session about a secret Pacific Rim trade deal.
Trade
Congress passes trade treaties with Korea, Colombia, Panama
By lopsided margins, Congress approved NAFTA-style trade deals that were opposed by labor.
Jobs
LERC professor says job training not solution to unemployment
Union membership plays bigger role in wage rates than education.
