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 Symphony
Collective bargaining
Union arts employers pinched by rising rents, falling support
Oregon Symphony is paying 50% more for the Schnitzer, and arts tax funds are being diverted to smaller groups.
Collective bargaining
Oregon Symphony raises wages in new contract
The three-year contract with Musicians Local 99 raises wages 6% in year one and 3.5% in years two and three.
People
Back on the job with Musicians Local 99
Eighteen months after the Oregon Symphony went silent, Alicia Waite and her fellow members of AFM Local 99 are back making music.
Buying Union
Union label: The ultimate hard-to-find gift
Ten gift ideas for goods and services brought to you by local union members.
