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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Pacific Northwest Labor History Association
Labor History
Honors for recording our labor historyÂ
Jim Strassmaier worked to curate an archive of recorded interviews of prominent labor leaders and activists.
In Memoriam
Ross Rieder, 1940-2021
A retired AFT-Washington leader, he was active for decades promoting labor history and led the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association.
Labor History
Oregon labor history chronology
Pacific Northwest Labor History Association has published a chronology of labor history, assembled by the group’s Oregon trustee Ron Verzuh.
Labor History
Major labor history conference in Portland
As many as 150 labor historians, students, and union members will gather in Portland May 3-5 for the annual conference of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association, which rotates through Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.
Labor History
Our history can inspire today’s young workers
General strikes created labor heroes, along with a few labor martyrs, and they inspired new generations of workers to join unions.
Labor History
United Way’ers, labor partners from across the country take part in ‘Labor Walk’
The 1.7-mile-walk through downtown Portland stopped at spots important to local labor history.
Labor History
Remembering Portland Longshore’s Bloody Wednesday
On July 11, 1934, a train full of Portland police opened fire on a strike picketline; 4 were hit.
Labor History
A look back: Astoria’s radical immigrant labor past
Astoria, the U.S. oldest western settlement, was a waterfront boomtown full of radical immigrants
In Memoriam
Ed Beechert, 1920-2014
The retired University of Hawaii professor was an active historian of Northwest labor history
Union democracy
A changing of the guard at National Association of Letter Carriers
Kevin Card and Jim Cook, two longtime local leaders, have left office.
