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
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
Sick leave ordinance will take effect in City of Portland Jan. 1
Backers plan to push for statewide legislation in 2015.
$15 SeaTac minimum wage challenged in court
Judge will rule by Jan. 1, when the law is to take effect
Supreme Court drops case over whether union neutrality is illegal
Employer neutrality toward unions could be considered illegal in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama
U.S. Supreme Court hears challenge to union neutrality agreements
Several justices grill a lawyer from an anti-union group
Judge rules PIRG call center fired worker for union activism
The Fund for the Public Interest is ordered to reinstate David Neal with back pay
City of Portland to union rep: Get off the property
A union rep distributes buttons and talks to members, without management's permission
After years of delay, Obama DOL says home care workers will get minimum wage, overtime
A decades-old exclusion ends for nearly 2 million workers.
SeaTac voters to decide on $15 minimum wage
The Nov. 5 ballot measure would lift estimated 6,500 workers in transportation and hospitality
Unions, allies, march for jobs on 50th anniversary of March on Washington
Rallies were held simultaneously around the country
PIRG fundraising group on trial for labor violations
Fund for the Public Interest managers tell a judge that firing David Neal was business as usual.
‘Like’ this: Workers’ rights get an update in the age of social media
NLRB is trying to defend workers protected speech online
Union Cab hits the streets
The launch culminates a years-long campaign by immigrant drivers against exploitation.
Unanimous City Council: Portland workers will have sick leave
How a labor and community alliance improved life for over 250,000 workers
Sick leave mandate causes concern among building trades unions
Union leaders say it could get tricky in a high-wage, short-term industry like construction
