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 Nurses Association
Politics
Portland-area labor endorsements for May 21 election
Portland fluoridation fails to get 2/3 at NOLC, but labor endorses Metro levy, school board races
Union democracy
Fracture and reunion as nurses unions shift alignments
Nurse associations have merged, split, and morphed as nurses turn toward collective bargaining.
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
Collective bargaining
At Bend hospital, support staff dump SEIU, but nurses approve new contract
The group of 600 joined SEIU 49 in 21 months ago, but never got a contract.
Workers Rights
Portland City Council aims to mandate paid sick days by year’s end
If passed, Portland would join Seattle and San Francisco in a major advance for workers rights.
Collective bargaining
St. Charles Medical Center gets aggressive with nurses; 600 picket
A Bend hospital recruits strikebreakers, and turns sprinklers on picketers.
