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Northwest Oregon Labor Council

Union Democracy

Laurie Wimmer picked to lead Northwest Oregon Labor Council

Mar 15, 2023

After a lifetime of engagement with labor and politics, Wimmer brings decades of high-level experience to the job.

Union Democracy

Laurie Wimmer to lead NW Oregon Labor Council

Mar 2, 2023

Retired teachers union lobbyist Laurie Wimmer was elected unopposed Feb. 27 for executive secretary-treasurer of NW Oregon Labor Council.

Culture

Labor Day picnic will return in 2023—but not at Oaks Park

Feb 2, 2023

The Northwest Oregon Labor Council’s event, which drew 12,000 in a typical year, went on hiatus during the COVID pandemic.

Union Democracy

Cottrill and Wimmer contend for NOLC top office

Jan 18, 2023

Executive secretary-treasurer, a full-time staff position, has been vacant since Thomas Mosher left in November.

Union Democracy

Northwest Oregon Labor Council needs top officer

Nov 16, 2022

The executive secretary-treasurer leads a local council of the AFL-CIO with 76 local union affiliates totaling 53,000 union members.

Union Democracy

Thomas Mosher exits Labor Council for job in PA

Nov 2, 2022

In August, he got an offer he couldn’t turn down: return to his former home of Philadelphia to work for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.

Union Democracy

SAG-AFTRA officer moves on

Oct 6, 2022

Union actor Harold Phillips is wrapping up a run as a Portland-area labor activist after close to three decades in the city.

Culture

Why the Oaks Park Labor Day picnic is no more

Aug 17, 2022

Event organizers say the long-running annual picnic was killed off by the park’s own management, which implemented a slew of recent changes.

Union Democracy

New top officer at Northwest Oregon Labor Council

Jun 1, 2022

Thomas Mosher succeeds Bob Tackett, who retired, as executive secretary-treasurer of the Northwest Oregon Labor Council.

Union Democracy

Three nominees vie to lead Labor Council

May 4, 2022

Fiona Yau-Luu, Eva Rippeteau and Thomas Spisak-Mosher are running to be the next secretary-treasurer of the Northwest Oregon Labor Council.

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