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
Unions join rally for $15 minimum wage
Democrats who control the Oregon Legislature will consider several bills to raise the minimum wage
Analysis
UP IS DOWN
How the Oregonian stretched facts to argue that a massive minimum wage increase wouldn’t help workers
Oregon
Labor-backed alliance to push bold agenda in the state capitol
2015 could be a breakthrough year for pro-worker legislation
People
OR AFL’s Elana Guiney leaves for governor’s office
She'll replace Duke Shepard, and her position will be filled by Russell Sanders and Graham Trainor
Union democracy
UFCW Local 555 rejoins Oregon AFL-CIO
Affiliation brings an additional 17,500 members to the state labor federation
Politics
Oregon bucks national trend, elects labor-friendly pols
No statewide or Congressional race was even close
Politics
Knocking on Doors with Working America
AFL-CIO's electoral ground game in Oregon relies on the patient legwork of door-to-door discussions
Politics
At Oregon AFL-CIO, political activity kicks into high gear
Ballots will be mailed out Oct. 15 and are due back Nov. 4.
Green Jobs
Climate change on labor’s radar
Labor wants to be in the room in talks about a carbon tax for Oregon
Trade
Top national trade expert to keynote at Fair Trade Campaign’s 10-year dinner
Lori Wallach, director of Global Trade Watch, is a frequent TV guest on trade politics
Building our communities
Labor joins with business to raise funds to knock out cancer
Phil Knight’s $500 million pledge spurs labor to join business for OHSU cancer research
Green Jobs
Labor to join rally to demand action on climate change
The NYC event is expected to be the largest climate change rally ever
Workers Rights
Will the minimum wage movement come to Oregon?
Cities are pre-empted by state law, but unions are planning to push a statewide increase in 2015
Workers Rights
Unions join renewed push for immigration reform
AFL-CIO calls on Obama to take executive action to allow millions to work legally
Workers Rights
Unions back effort to stop unjust discrimination against applicants with criminal records
The "ban the box" campaign wants employers and landlords to give ex-offenders a chance.
Politics
Labor gets seat on Portland’s utility reform task force
Blue-ribbon commission will come up with reforms to City water and sewer bureaus
In Memoriam
Jerry Greer, 1943-2014
Greer was a Machinists union rep and active in the Oregon AFL-CIO.
Politics
Labor tallies a raft of wins in local primary elections
Labor stopped the Bull Run Takeover, saved two incumbents, and sent a union rep to the state house
Worker safety
Unions remember fallen workers
Thirty-nine workers died in job-related accidents in Oregon in 2013.
Politics
Nurses union rep Rob Nosse runs strong House campaign in inner Southeast Portland
The union movement has a chance this year to enlarge the Oregon Legislature’s informal labor caucus
