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.
Tag:
Oregon Legislature
Oregon
Oregon labor legislation update
Union-backed bills to give sick leave to construction workers and set the prevailing wage at the union rate have passed at least one chamber.
Oregon
Unionist seeking House seat falls short
Multnomah County Commission appointed Andrea Valderrama as state rep for HD 47, passing over former union president Adrienne Enghouse.
Workers Rights
ATU fights to save apprenticeship, and win back the right to strike
SB 690, a bill introduced by Oregon State Senator Chris Gorsek, would restore the right to strike for public transit workers like bus drivers.
Workers Rights
Oregon Justice Department says legislative workers can’t unionize
Legislative aides don’t have the right to unionize after all, says Oregon's Attorney General in objections on behalf of the Legislature.
Politics
Labor prepares 2021 state legislative agendas
The union movement will be pushing fairly modest proposals when state legislatures meet in Salem and Olympia in 2021.
Union Organizing
Oregon legislative staffers unionize with IBEW 89
It's the first union of legislative staff in the country. The 110 employees work for both Democratic and Republican legislators.
Union Organizing
A union for Oregon legislative staff?
Oregon legislative aides are seeking to unionize with IBEW Local 89 in what could be the first union of legislative staff in the nation.
Oregon
Telling labor’s story to lawmakers
For a day, there were more union construction workers than legislators in the State Capitol building.
Oregon
Lawmaking season in Oregon and Washington
Oregon and Washington lawmakers have begun their 2020 "short" sessions. Thought timelines are short, labor is still calling on lawmakers to deliver.
Oregon
How working people and unions fared in the 2019 session of the Oregon Legislature
Lawmakers passed paid family leave and boosted school budgets, but also cut public worker compensation and punted on climate.
Comment
We must not forget Oregon Democrats’ betrayal on PERS
Organized labor should hold accountable those who side with a corporate capitalist agenda at the expense of workers.
Oregon
Oregon lawmakers vote to cut public employee retirement contributions
Democrats led the charge to divert up to 2.5 percent of public worker pay to shore up PERS.
Oregon
New Oregon law bars massive rent increases
Landlords can no longer raise rent more than 7 percent plus inflation.
Oregon
What’s at stake for working people in the 2019 Oregon Legislature
Majority Democrats have some big agenda items in the 2019 Oregon Legislature, including a carbon cap, renters rights, and revenue reform.
Politics
A night of wins for working people
Around the nation and in Oregon and Washington, union political efforts bore fruit on election night.
Oregon
Oregon’s 2018 Legislative Session: Small gains, big misses
This year, like almost every year, the most important bills that might have benefited working people died in the majority-Democratic Oregon Senate.
Oregon
How union members could take charge of Democratic and Republican parties
Precinct Committee People play big roles behind the scenes, yet hardly anyone wants to be one.
Oregon
Audacious bills. Short timeline. And a big ‘if.’
In the Oregon Legislature's “short” session starting Feb. 5, state lawmakers could pass affordable housing, paid family leave, and a “cap-and-invest” system to limit greenhouse gases.
Green Jobs
Oregon climate response: Cap and invest?
Big carbon emitters would get market incentives to convert.
Politics
Oregon AFL-CIO scorecard for the 2017 Oregon Legislature
Every year, the Oregon AFL-CIO advocates in the state legislature on behalf of workers — and reports on which lawmakers are friends where it counts.
