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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Workers Rights
Fired BrucePac workers reinstated
BrucePac has offered reinstatement and back pay to three of the 17 union supporters it fired in June 2009.
Workers Rights
Common, and illegal: Rules banning employees from discussing wages with their co-workers run afoul of federal labor law
Sharing information about wages, benefits, and working conditions is a protected right, even in nonunion workplaces.
Workers Rights
NLRB rules BrucePac firings broke federal labor law
BrucePac broke labor law when it fired workers for supporting a union campaign, says a federal judge.
Workers Rights
Laborers union campaign at BrucePac becomes test case
By DON McINTOSH, Associate Editor
Two business groups, Associated Oregon Industries (AOI) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have chosen a union campaign at...
