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
Long after the flames, firefighters at risk from cancer chemicals
The Fire Fighters union is sounding the alarm about the cancer-causing after-effects of fire.
On-the-job fatalities in Oregon increase
One of last year's on-the-job deaths was a union organizer killed in a car crash.
Abhe & Svoboda fires union salt amid safety complaints
Nonunion paint contractor Abhe & Svoboda faces civil rights, labor and safety complaints on a $22 million Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) painting project underneath the Ross Island Bridge.
UNDER THE ROSS ISLAND BRIDGE: Investigating a low-bid nonunion contractor, a union finds problems aplenty
Under the Ross Island Bridge Feb. 8, a painter plummeted 40 feet and landed on his own son, putting both in the hospital.
Work shouldn’t hurt, says OSEA
Oregon Special Education personnel all too frequently are injured by their students.
Portland Public Schools’ OTHER lead exposure problem
Chips and dust from lead paint are all over the place as Franklin High School undergoes renovation.
Lead crisis in schools: Could underfunding of maintenance be the culprit?
Decades of cuts have made insufficient maintenance the new normal.
Oregon labor honors fallen workers
41 workers died in job-related accidents in Oregon last year.
DEADLY DUST: OSHA’s new silica rule will save lives
The silica rule covering 2 million construction workers is the most significant OSHA move in decades.
Silicosis hits home
The disease can strike anyone exposed, even someone who teaches good safety practices to others.
Workplace deaths rising
Job-related deaths are on the rise in Oregon and throughout the United States.
Over 10,000 severe worker injuries reported in first year of new OSHA requirement
Most of the hazards that led to severe injuries could easily have been prevented.
Governor Brown appoints two labor nominees to workers’ comp committee
Kevin Billman of UFCW and IBEW Local 48 staff attorney Diana Winther are nominees for MLAC.
The Demolition of Workers’ Compensation
All around the country, state legislatures are whittling away at workers’ comp systems
Washington workers’ comp: Fending off attacks on the system
Republican lawmakers and business interests have pushed to cut benefits to save on premiums
Oregon workers comp: Low premiums, high benefits. How do they do it?
Some of the savings are, literally, on the backs of workers.
On the hunt for cancer at Wah Chang
Thousands of workers may have been exposed to radiation
Federal OSHA’s Silica Neverland
Six years after Obama took office, workers are still waiting for protection from deadly dust.
Operating Engineers Local 701 member killed in crane accident
OSHA is investigating why a 35-foot beam detached and pierced the cab of his crane
New program offers scholarships for kids of workers killed, injured on job
The newly formed Oregon group is a chapter of a national organization
