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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Politics
Portland union leaders share concerns with mayor about City contract, union-busting
The mayor discussed City contract talks, and his opposition to the police commanding officers union
Collective bargaining
TriMet pulls plug on ATU’s annual picnic
ATU Local 757 may join other union picnicking at Oaks Park on Labor Day.
Politics
Union-backed candidates, measures do well in May primary
Six graduates of the Oregon Labor Candidates School won election in May
Politics
Portland-area labor endorsements for May 21 election
Portland fluoridation fails to get 2/3 at NOLC, but labor endorses Metro levy, school board races
Politics
Sequester Out!
At a ‘sit-in’ with U.S. lawmakers Bonamici and Schrader, unionists talk about sequestration cuts
Worker safety
Unions to remember fallen workers
Oregon workers who died on the job last year will be remembered at ceremonies in Portland and Salem
Building our communities
Labor’s ‘Presents from Partners’ brightens the holidays for hundreds of children, families
The annual holiday party for children of out-of-work union members was Dec. 15.
Clackamas County
AFSCME, labor council back water district recall
Clackamas River Water District has become so dysfunctional,workers say board must go.
Jobs
Developers agree proposed Wood Village casino will be built union
Voters would first have to approve allowing a private casino just east of Portland.
Politics
NW Oregon Labor Council endorses Lehan for Clackamas County chair
She’s up against Tea Party candidate John Ludlow to head Oregon's third-largest county.
Trade
AFL-CIO pushes tax break to “bring jobs home”
The Bring Jobs Home Act would also end tax deductibility for offshoring expenses.
Politics
A union guide to the Portland mayor’s race
Each of the three leading candidates has some labor support.
Health Care
Wyden tells labor he opposes Medicare “vouchers”
But Wyden favors "premium support" for those wanting private insurance instead of Medicare.
Worker safety
Unions to remember fallen workers
Oregon workers who died on the job last year will be remembered at ceremonies in Portland and Salem.
Local
Labor council will sit out primary races for Portland mayor and City Council #1
Labor support was divided among frontrunners Eileen Brady, Charlie Hales, and Jefferson Smith.
Building our communities
Labor’s ‘Presents from Partners’ brightens holidays for hundreds
“Presents from Partners” is an annual holiday party for children of out-of-work union members.
Union democracy
Tackett, Petroff re-elected to Northwest Oregon Labor Council
Officers will be sworn in at the Jan. 23 delegates meeting.
Portland
OrAFL-CIO, NOLC relocate to old Machinists hall
Local Machinist HQ is now in Gladstone, and its old office is being rehabbed as a multi-union hive.
