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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National Labor Relations Act
Workers Rights
Abruzzo shows what it’s like to enforce a ‘pro-worker statute’
The NLRB hasn’t had this energetic of an enforcer in more than half a century. Jennifer Abruzzo is refocusing the agency on its founding goal.
National
A fix for America’s broken labor law
Congress may soon consider the most game-changing pro-union legislation in 80 years. The PRO Act would restore workers’ right to unionize.
National
Democrats: Which side are you on?
Forty Senate Democrats and 130 House Democrats are committing to a dramatic re-write of America’s broken labor law.
Comment
Protecting Oregon’s rural workers
Oregon's Legislature just passed a law that will prevent cities and counties from trying to pass anti-union "right-to-work" legislation.
Workers Rights
Toothless law: 3 years in, still no penalty for flagrant unionbuster
The three-year legal saga of a local union-busting paint contractor shows how weak U.S. labor law can be.
National
Lawyer games hamper NLRB effort to fulfill its mission
A federal judge strikes down reforms intended to reduce legal delays in union elections.
