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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The Columbian
Union Organizing
NewsGuild walks away from The Columbian
HAPPIER DAYS: Reporters and photographers unionized hoping to make working at The Columbian sustainable for the long term, but in bargaining, the company said no to every proposal workers put forward.
Union Organizing
Vancouver’s daily newspaper moves to get rid of its union
After 21 months of supposed negotiations, The Columbian is asking the National Labor Relations Board to hold a new union election.Â
Union Organizing
Wave of unionization sweeps through Washington newspapers
Five Washington newspapers have unionized recently, the latest in a nationwide surge among print and online journalists under way since 2015.
Workers Rights
Vancouver’s Columbian newspaper terminates union supporters
Of the three workers laid off March 16, two were leaders of the union campaign and were serving on the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild bargaining team.
Union Organizing
Journalists at The Columbian newspaper in Vancouver vote overwhelmingly to unionize
The union vote comes as part of an extraordinary wave of unionization in print and online media.
Union Organizing
Union vote scheduled at The Columbian newspaper
Management at the family-owned paper isn’t mounting the kind of scorched-earth anti-union campaign that some employers use, but is making it clear they hope employees will vote no.
Union Organizing
Journalists unionize at Vancouver newspaper The Columbian
They love the work they do, and want a union so they can make The Columbian a place they can continue to work.
