Northwest Oregon Labor Council Archives

IWW union hall vandalized

Jan 30, 2019

Local labor unionists pledge solidarity after the union hall is targeted by a right-wing group.

Municipal broadband now before Portland City Council

Oct 31, 2018

Multnomah County and four other cities are waiting for Portland City Council to authorize its share of funding for a study of what it would cost to install fiber-optic cable door to door.

Private monopolies failed to deliver fiber. Now it’s time for municipal broadband.

Sep 18, 2018

Coming soon to Portland City Council is a union-backed plan for public-owned Internet access that would be cheaper than Comcast and 40 times as fast.

2018 LABOR DAY PICNICS

Aug 22, 2018

On Labor Day, union members celebrate family and community. Here are this year’s events for Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Remembering workers who died on the job

May 1, 2018

Attending the NW Oregon Labor Council’s Workers Memorial Day service were nearly 50 family members of a road construction flagger who was struck and killed by a drunk driver May 23, 2017.

Northwest Oregon Labor Council backs Loretta Smith, Lynne Peterson, and incumbents in local races

Jan 27, 2018

NOLC, which covers Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, and Columbia counties, will vote on other local endorsements at its Feb. 26 meeting.

Voters renew PCC bond

Nov 8, 2017

The $185 million bond will pay to renovate a workforce training facility in Cully and expand the health technology building at Sylvania.

Gary D. Kirkland, 1947-2017

Oct 2, 2017

As head of OPEIU Local 11, he negotiated contracts for workers at Northwest Natural.

Union members celebrate Labor Day

Sep 8, 2017

At Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, a crowd estimated at 12,000 turned out for a picnic sponsored by the Northwest Oregon Labor Council.

Will Sen. Jeff Merkley run for president in 2020?

Sep 8, 2017

At a union-sponsored Labor Day picnic, a suggestion that Merkley run in 2020 got enthusiastic applause.