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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Washington State Labor Council
Washington
How working people and unions fared in the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature
Washington State Labor Council will soon report on the 2021 legislative session. Judging by a draft version, it was a good session for labor.
Culture
The Stand: boosting labor and labor’s story
Washington state’s best (and only) news outlet dedicated to unions and working people, The Stand just turned 10.
Washington
Washington labor legislation update
Bills to give farm workers the right to overtime pay and create a COVID-19 workers’ comp presumption look likely to pass.
Washington
A union guide to Washington’s Aug. 4 primary election
Ballots will be mailed July 17 and must be return postmarked by Aug. 4. The top two vote getters, regardless of party preference, go on to the November general election.
Building our communities
Working People’s Summit
“A lot of folks came out dreaming bigger," says teachers union volunteer Marj Hogan.
Washington
For working Washingtonians, a breakthrough session in Olympia
Lawmakers voted to tax the rich and invest in infrastructure.
Washington
Washington AFL-CIO will push the Democrats on pro-worker agenda
Last November’s election resulted in stronger majorities of pro-labor Democrats in the 2019 legislative session that began Jan. 14.
People
Questions for Washington AFL-CIO’s Jeff Johnson
Washington's top union leader, retiring soon, talks candidly about the highs and lows of his 40 years in the labor movement.
Union democracy
Boeing Machinist Larry Brown wins close race to lead Washington AFL-CIO
Washington State Labor Council coordinates the political efforts of more than 600 affiliated local unions in Washington.
Politics
A night of wins for working people
Around the nation and in Oregon and Washington, union political efforts bore fruit on election night.
Politics
Republican operative sends counterfeit union mailings to mislead Washington voters
The mailers try to trick voters into writing in the names of candidates who aren’t running … to drain support from union-backed candidates who are.
Washington
A union guide to Washington’s August primary
State AFL-CIO delegates voted on endorsements May 19 in Seattle and July 17-19 in Wenatchee.
Union democracy
Washington AFL-CIO president Jeff Johnson to retire
Vying to succeed him are WSLC secretary-treasurer Lynne Dodson and Machinists District Lodge 751 Political Director Larry Brown.
Washington
WSLC backs Carolyn Long in race against Herrera Beutler
Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, made early election endorsements in the state's "top-two" Aug. 7 primary.
Worker safety
What to do (and what not to do) if you’re injured on the job
In Oregon and Washington, you have rights, and help is available.
Washington
With logjam gone, new life for labor bills that died last year
Infrastructure and equal pay bills are already moving one week into the session.
Washington
Big night for Washington labor as votes come in
After four years, Democrats retake state senate majority. And a top labor political aide wins election to Seattle City Council.
Washington
Washington AFL-CIO rates state lawmakers for key 2017 votes
Paid family leave was a landmark win, but legislators tested anti-union bills in the GOP-held Senate.
Collective bargaining
Farmworkers at Sakuma ratify historic first union contract
Thanks to a four-year strike and boycott campaign, 200 farmworkers will get $15 an hour and job protections.
Worker safety
Union ceremony remembers workers who died on the job
Sixty-six Oregon workers lost their lives to preventable accidents in 2016.
