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.
Worker safety
Honored for safety by Oregon’s governor
IBEW safety expert Barry Moreland and union-signatory Snyder Roofing got some of the top honors at this year’s Oregon Governor’s Occupational Safety and Health Conference.
Merkley, Bonamici want to ban asbestos
The Centers for Disease Control reports that asbestos-related deaths are on the rise.
A flag to fly to support construction worker safety
A thin green line flag could be displayed to remember workers hurt on the job.
Training for a rescue at 50 feet
Theater and concert workers often spend time at great heights — hoisting gear at rock concerts or setting up and operating truss-mounted spotlights. Their union is working to improve members’ readiness to quickly rescue a coworker in the event of an accident.Â
Industrial Athlete campaign to launch at Intel jobsite
The campaign will focus on improving health in the construction industry, which is disproportionately affected by heart disease and stroke.
Longview dock worker killed when ship line snapped
One other worker was killed, and two injured.
Remembering workers who died on the job
Attending the NW Oregon Labor Council's Workers Memorial Day service were nearly 50 family members of a road construction flagger who was struck and killed by a drunk driver May 23, 2017.
The Trump administration’s record on worker safety
Progress on safety has halted, and safety programs have been targeted for elimination.
On-the-job fatalities in Oregon in 2017
Forty-eight Oregon workers lost their lives on the job last year. Here are their names.
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.
Questions for Jordan Barab
Jordan Barab, a longtime union safety expert, was number two at OSHA under Obama. He’s not happy about the way things have gone under Trump.
Time to ban asbestos? Merkley and Bonamici think so
Decades after asbestos insulation was banned, the fibers are still in many legal products in America.
America’s most dangerous jobs
Three of the top 10 are in construction.
Making roadway construction zones safer
More roadway construction workers are killed each year by construction equipment and vehicles than by on-road vehicles. How can we make it safer?
FedEx executive will be Trump’s new OSHA chief
Scott Mugno got the thumbs up from a Senate Committee in a party-line vote Dec. 13.
OSHA fines Ross Island Bridge paint contractor $189,000 for safety violations that led to near-fatal accident
After an accident that seriously injured two workers in a 37' fall, OSHA levies its biggest fine in more than five years, saying contractor Abhe & Svoboda knowingly put workers at risk.
Union ceremony remembers workers who died on the job
Sixty-six Oregon workers lost their lives to preventable accidents in 2016.
UNSAFE AT WORK
At the ODOT bridge contractor where a 40-foot fall sent two workers to the hospital, at least four former employees say they were let go after complaining of dangerous work conditions.
Six questions for labor’s top workplace safety expert
Peg Seminario, the AFL-CIO’s director of occupational safety and health, is a nationally recognized expert on worker safety.
On-the-job Fatalities in Oregon in 2016
The list of workers killed on the job in Oregon in 2016 — from Oregon-OSHA reports, workers’ comp data, and newspaper accounts.
