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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Workers Compensation
Politics
UFCW forms PAC to push for COVID-19 workers comp
Local 555 has put $190,100 into a new political action committee that's educating union members about their rights and running online ads.
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.
Worker safety
The Demolition of Workers’ Compensation
All around the country, state legislatures are whittling away at workers’ comp systems
Worker safety
Washington workers’ comp: Fending off attacks on the system
Republican lawmakers and business interests have pushed to cut benefits to save on premiums
Worker safety
Oregon workers comp: Low premiums, high benefits. How do they do it?
Some of the savings are, literally, on the backs of workers.
