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 Bureau of Labor and Industries
Workers Rights
Southern Oregon University pays $2.5 million wage settlement to workers who built new campus dorms
The settlement wasn’t about cheating workers, but about how the university handled bidding.
Politics
Starr tells a Republican audience he’d lower prevailing wages as labor commissioner
A BOLI survey sets wage rates on public construction projects, but Starr says it's out of whack.
Politics
Candidate for Labor Commissioner wants to make Oregon a ‘right-to-work’ state
It would make the state more attractive to business, Bruce Starr tells radio host Lars Larson.
Workers Rights
Blueberry growers fined for minimum wage violations, but Avakian cries foul
Back pay and civil penalties total $240,000 for violating the rights of 1,100 workers.
Workers Rights
Labor commissioner sides with Fire Fighters in overtime pay dispute
Grants Pass is ordered to include vacation and sick leave when computing firefighters’ overtime.
