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
Ergonomic regulation reform put on the back burner
Nine years since a Republican Congress axed ergonomic regs, Ds show no appetite to reinstate them.
Bus drivers’ union steers industry toward healthier workplace
Driving a bus might not be top of the list when most people think of hazardous occupations. Bus drivers aren’t rushing into burning buildings...
