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
Oregon
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Two state senate Dems with long ties to labor will leave office when their terms expire this year
Jobs
FERC denies application for Jordan Cove LNG facility
The project – to be built under a project labor agreement – was backed by the Building Trades.
Oregon
Oregon Legislature: A lot at stake for working people
Lawmakers debate minimum wage, wage theft, UI for locked-out workers, and affordable housing.
Trade
Eugene City Council votes to oppose Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
The vote follows a campaign by Oregon Strong Voice Lane County, a project of the Oregon AFL-CIO.
Worker safety
Governor Brown appoints two labor nominees to workers’ comp committee
Kevin Billman of UFCW and IBEW Local 48 staff attorney Diana Winther are nominees for MLAC.
Trade
Union retirees speak against proposed TPP trade deal
In Oregon, U.S Sen. Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio say they will oppose the TPP.
Union Organizing
Bakers demand union recognition
At an industrial bakery in Gresham, low-wage workers want a union.
Comment
The minimum will rise
2015 was a year of victories and defeats for Oregon’s working people.
Workers Rights
Portland bans the box
Businesses will have to wait ’til after a conditional job offer to do criminal background checks.
People
Laborers’ Ben Nelson new Oregon AFL-CIO organizer
Nelson, a dedicated union organizer, was most recently Laborers Local 737 business manager.
Politics
Oregon Democratic Congressman Kurt Schrader turning hostile to union rights
The Oregon Democrat backs bills to diminish workers’ right to unionize or tack collective action.
Comment
Our workers’ movement must evolve
Oregon Strong Voice is one example of labor evolving to fit the times.
Oregon
Union coalition gets ready for Round Two
Fair Shot will push a minimum wage and tougher laws on wage theft and racial profiling in 2016.
Union democracy
Oregon AFL-CIO resolves to ‘Fight for a Change’
Black Lives Matter, votes have consequences, and corporate taxes and the minimum wage must rise
Union democracy
ELECTED
It was Oregon governor Kate Brown who swore in newly elected AFL-CIO leaders.
Politics
Debate, but no endorsement
Brad Avakian, Richard Devlin, and Val Hoyle want labor's endorsement for Secretary of State.
Trade
Senator Jeff Merkley won’t be voting for the Trans-Pacific deal
Why? Because trade deficits have risen after virtually every trade agreement.
Union democracy
Biennial Oregon AFL-CIO convention will draw hundreds of unionists to Seaside
Members of Congress who voted in favor of Fast Track aren’t invited this year.
Union democracy
Oregon’s Central Labor Councils convert to chapters of state AFL-CIO
The restructuring comes with new staff support for local labor activity.
Building our communities
Union movement helps workers become citizens
The national AFL-CIO is funding citizenship clinics in Oregon.