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 Board
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.
Collective bargaining
KGW-TV on trial for labor violation
KGW wants an end to union jurisdiction, but won't show why it needs that
Union Organizing
Workers at Portland Specialty Baking ready for union vote
Taken totally by surprise, company wages an intense — and formulaic — anti-union campaign.
Workers Rights
Ironworker strike now in Month 8
Strikers are hoping for vindication from the National Labor Relations Board.
Workers Rights
NLRB: No more hiding behind temp agencies to avoid unions
Companies have increasingly hired outside staffing agencies in recent decades.
Union Organizing
Oregon Shakespeare Festival files legal objection after stagehands vote to join IATSE
The appeal could add months of delay.
Collective bargaining
Machinists at Bodycote battle for first contract
Camas Bodycote workers voted last June to unionize, but are still trying to get a first contract
Union Organizing
Baggage handlers at PDX vote to join Machinists Union
Workers at ABM Onsite Services West cite low wages, lack of training, and job safety
Collective bargaining
Machinists conduct informational picket at Bodycote in Camas
Workers are having a tough time getting a first union contract
Workers Rights
Amid union activity, Grand Central Baking closes cafe
Laborers Local 483 says Sawtooth Cafe closed early after an employee protest
Collective bargaining
Swan Island shipyard workers reject contract offers
The unions also win an unfair labor practice charge at Vigor Shipyard
Collective bargaining
Support workers strike at for-profit hospital in Springfield
SEIU Local 49 accuses McKenzie-Willamette of further labor law violations
Workers Rights
Federal judge orders employer to hire seven union painters
Edwards Painting violated federal labor law 18 separate ways.
Workers Rights
Shipyard workers picket smoking ban
Shipyard workers at six Vigor worksites protest imposition of smoking ban without consulting union
Workers Rights
Supreme Court decision in Harris v Quinn creates “right-to-work” situation for home care workers
Noel Canning, a separate decision, will create bureaucratic headache for the NLRB.
Workers Rights
Painting contractor tells NLRB he would rather close up shop than go union
Company owner represents himself in five-day trial
Collective bargaining
CWA gets bare-bones contract with Fund for the Public Interest
Rules at the PIRG fundraiser will be slightly less draconian under the first-ever union agreement.
Workers Rights
Judge rules PIRG call center fired worker for union activism
The Fund for the Public Interest is ordered to reinstate David Neal with back pay
Workers Rights
PIRG fundraising group on trial for labor violations
Fund for the Public Interest managers tell a judge that firing David Neal was business as usual.
Comment
Without filibuster reform, worker rights will wither
Employers are increasingly lawless as the NLRB sits vacant
