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
Politics
Labor highlights from the 2017 Oregon Legislature
Lawmakers passed landmark labor laws, but dropped the ball on tax fairness and housing.
In Memoriam
Gary Will, 1938 – 2017
Will spent 31 years as a local and national representative of the Machinists Union.
Building our communities
Unions react to the MAX killings
One of the murdered Good Samaritans was a union member at the City of Portland.
Oregon
At the Oregon Legislature: Labor’s agenda inches forward
Will the Oregon Legislature ban anti-union ‘right-to-work’ ordinances?
Worker safety
Union ceremony remembers workers who died on the job
Sixty-six Oregon workers lost their lives to preventable accidents in 2016.
Building our communities
Sewer pipe scuttles Oregon AFL-CIO plan to turn HQ into worker housing
The plan, conceived last spring, was for union pension funds to finance a multi-story union-built project.
In Memoriam
Lon Imel, 1929-2017
Imel, a unionist since 1951, headed the NW Oregon Labor Council and served as labor liaison for Congressmembers Les AuCoin and Elizabeth Furse.
Oregon
At the Oregon Legislature: A Robust Labor Agenda
Labor muscle helped elect many of Oregon’s legislators. Now Oregon unions are mobilizing behind an agenda of fair taxes, good jobs, and expanded protections for workers rights. Here are some recent highlights.
Oregon
Oregon labor gearing up for high-stakes legislative session
Labor will push for transportation funding and family leave and fair workweek laws, while grappling with a $1.7 billion budget shortfall.
Portland
Housing state of emergency
Around Oregon, home prices and rents are soaring, and homelessness is on the rise
Oregon
Election night yields mixed scorecard for Oregon labor
Labor held the line in most races, but several losses stung.
Oregon
Oregon election results
Here are the union-endorsed races in Oregon we're following on Election Night
Workers Rights
Portland City Council passes fair scheduling resolution
The non-binding resolution encourages all Portland employers to review their scheduling practices.
Comment
All politics is local
Local action spurring statewide and eventually national change is what the labor movement is all about.
Comment
Portland: Where rent empties workers’ pockets
Evictions and rampant rent increases are left unchecked in a state that forbids rent control.
Building our communities
Help in a housing crisis: Oregon AFL-CIO to turn its HQ into worker housing
A new union-funded, union-built development would combine union offices with affordable housing
Union Organizing
Oregon AFL-CIO endorses the Burgerville Workers Union
"Solidarity is a cornerstone of unionism," the resolution declares.
Oregon
The union choice for Oregon Secretary of State is …
All three Democrats have close relationships with organized labor, but there ARE differences.
Worker safety
Oregon labor honors fallen workers
41 workers died in job-related accidents in Oregon last year.
