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.
Workers Rights
Fired pro-union PIRG fundraiser takes settlement after devastating crash
David Neal held out during a lengthy legal battle, but in the end agreed to waive reinstatement
Unions join women’s groups in new statewide campaign
SEIU, Planned Parenthood, OEA, and others team up to push economic justice agenda for women
Up with the minimum wage: A movement on the rise
In the wake of Seattle’s $15 an hour, minimum wage campaigns are igniting all over the country.
Will the minimum wage movement come to Oregon?
Cities are pre-empted by state law, but unions are planning to push a statewide increase in 2015
Labor steps up big-time to help pass paid Eugene sick leave
Supporters vow to hold County Commissioners accountable for attempt to thwart Eugene
Unions join renewed push for immigration reform
AFL-CIO calls on Obama to take executive action to allow millions to work legally
Supreme Court decision in Harris v Quinn creates “right-to-work” situation for home care workers
Noel Canning, a separate decision, will create bureaucratic headache for the NLRB.
Unions back effort to stop unjust discrimination against applicants with criminal records
The "ban the box" campaign wants employers and landlords to give ex-offenders a chance.
Unionist acquitted of trespass charge in right-to-work protest
Police turned out in force when unionists crashed an anti-union meeting.
Painting contractor tells NLRB he would rather close up shop than go union
Company owner represents himself in five-day trial
Good luck with that: One wage and hour investigator for every 123,000 workers
David Weil is the first Obama appointee to Wage and Hour to get through the Senate
City of Portland rolling back Walmart bond investments
City cashes out $9 million in Walmart bonds, to the applause of UFCW Local 555
Eugene task force to report back to City Council about paid sick leave
There appears to be majority support on City Council for an ordinance like the one in Portland.
No surprise: Portland park rangers vote union
Overcoming legal obstruction by the City, rangers are now part of DCTU
Unionists turn out for Portland May Day rally
International Workers Day draws hundreds to downtown march and rally
NLRB rules McKenzie-Willamette Hospital broke labor law
The Springfield facility is part of America’s second-biggest for-profit hospital chain
NLRB says painting contractor broke federal labor law
Nonunion Edwards Painting of Oregon City will go before a judge May 6
Eugene could be next to guarantee paid sick days
A labor-community coalition is finding City Council support for an ordinance
Arbitrator tells Clark County to follow the union contract
OPEIU Local 11 wins redress after a worker loses out to a less qualified junior co-worker
Judge strikes down SeaTac’s $15 minimum wage — for airport workers
The ballot measure still goes into effect for hotel workers
