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 Health and Science University
Building our communities
‘Unite for the Knight’ helps raise $508 million
Labor and management coalition part of OHSU effort to raise $1 billion for cancer research
Building our communities
Firefighters pitch in for Knight fight against cancer
Members from 18 IAFF locals contributed $21,000 toward the Knight Cancer Challenge.
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
Worker safety
OR-FACE Program tracks and investigates work-related deaths
Logging was Oregon's most fatal industry in 2011
Union democracy
Oregon Nurses Association joins American Federation of Teachers
ONA says the move will enhance nurses' voice in an era of hospital consolidation and cost-cutting
Politics
Governor nominates Oregon unionists to key posts
Ken Allen, Michael Rose, Felisa Hagins and Ben Stange go before Senate for approval.
Collective bargaining
Three-year pact raises pay for 5,300 AFSCME members at OHSU
But gains are smaller for members who participate in PERS.
