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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United Farm Workers
National
Sex abuse allegations stain Chavez legacy
While the accounts involving underage girls are public for the first time, there was already plenty of tarnish on Chavez’ halo.
Comment
Cesar Chavez: A moral reckoning. And a teachable moment.
The news that Cesar Chavez was a sexual predator who abused young girls and raped United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta hit me hard.
Workers Rights
Mushroom workers take fight to Washington Supreme Court
Fired and rehired with lower pay, mushroom workers now face a Washington Supreme Court test of forced arbitration agreements.
Buying Union
Union boycotts mushrooms
UFW has launched its first boycott campaign since 2005, after a Washington mushroom farm retaliated against pro-union workers.
Buying Union
Union-made gift ideas
Buying any gifts this holiday season? If you buy union, you help keep good jobs in the community, and vote with your dollars for enterprises that pay your fellow workers a living wage with benefits.
Culture
New documentary film looks at the life of farmworker union leader Dolores Huerta
Dolores will screen in Portland and Eugene, and will air on OPB in February.
In Memoriam
Lois Stranahan, 1919-2017
Together with late husband Jesse Stranahan, she was well known in the local labor movement as a tireless fighter for economic justice.
Labor History
The master organizer behind César Chávez
Fred Ross believed a good union organizer should fade into the crowd while others step forward.
