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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Republic Services
Union Organizing
Bend trash haulers at Republic Services look to join the Teamsters
Bend solid waste workers are set to vote in-person on Jan. 11. Workers in Redmond have also asked for a union election.
Collective bargaining
Still no deal after Local 701 ends strike at Corvallis landfill
Mechanics who maintain equipment at the Coffin Butte Landfill in Corvallis ended their strike Nov. 13 after two months on the picket line.
Collective bargaining
Corvallis landfill strike now in its second month
Picketing outside the privately owned Coffin Butte landfill, they’re in a fight against a $13.5 billion a year Goliath.
