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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Northwest Oregon Labor Council
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.
Politics
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.
Oregon
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.
