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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Oregon AFL-CIO
Jobs
For soon-released inmates, hope of a union construction career
A first-time skills class prepares 16 female inmates for high-wage construction jobs on release
National
Oregon AFL-CIO E-Board endorses immigration reform
A national poll shows union member support for immigration reform.
Building our communities
AFL-CIO touts filmed-in-Portland HBO documentary American Winter
Eight Portland families struggle, in documentary airing March 18
Union Organizing
Five years in, still no flood of unionization through card check
Just 2,487 public employees have unionized since Oregon's card check law passed.
Oregon
Labor readies agenda for the 2013 Oregon Legislature
On the agenda: Columbia River Crossing, public sector union-busting, prevailing wage, and PERS.
Jobs
Oregon State Capitol becomes Niketown for a day
Building trades and the Oregon AFL-CIO support the tax method freeze for big companies.
Collective bargaining
PIRG fundraiser fires entire bargaining team
A manager also threatens to close Portland call center as workers walk out in protest
Workers Rights
Portland City Council aims to mandate paid sick days by year’s end
If passed, Portland would join Seattle and San Francisco in a major advance for workers rights.
Politics
Clackamas County becomes an electoral battleground
Labor mounts ground game after foes pour money into county races
Politics
A union guide to the Oregon ballot
Priorities including re-electing Brown and Avakian and ending the corporate kicker.
Union Organizing
At TriMet Lift, contracted bus drivers say they want a union
A unit of 166 workers will vote on whether to join ATU Local 757.
National
Teachable moment
With a weeklong strike, Chicago teachers deliver a blow to a corporate agenda for schools
Workers Rights
City staff give green light to Union Cab
Staff are recommending approval of a worker-owned taxi co-op, and sweeping reform of taxi rules.
Jobs
Huts for the homeless, and handcuffs to hardhats
Oregon unions will train state prison inmates, and build shelters for homeless.
Trade
Senator Wyden gets an earful at TPP town hall
Up to 200 turned out on a work day at a listening session about a secret Pacific Rim trade deal.
Politics
Oregon AFL-CIO takes sides in November 2012 election
Oregon AFL-CIO backs dozens of candidates and an end to corporate kicker, opposes estate tax ban.
Politics
Seven initiative campaigns vie for Oregon’s November ballot
Unions back corporate kicker, marijuana, and casino measures, and oppose estate tax ban.
Trade
AFL-CIO pushes tax break to “bring jobs home”
The Bring Jobs Home Act would also end tax deductibility for offshoring expenses.
Union Organizing
Portland cabbies unite
Facing greedy companies and unresponsive city officials, immigrant taxi drivers called the union
People
Lanning to depart Oregon AFL-CIO
Longtime union political staffer will work full-time at the state Workers Compensation Board.
