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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · 5d

Miller Paint is now union. Following its purchase by Rodda, Miller Paint workers rejoined Painters Local 1094 as production shifts to Rodda’s Portland plant. nwlaborpress.org/2025/10/mill...

Miller Paint now union

Following its purchase by Rodda, Miller Paint workers rejoined Painters Local 1094 as production shifts to Rodda’s Portland plant.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · 6d

Union nurses say Tylenol is safe for pregnant women and condemned recent statements by President Donald Trump that advised pregnant women to “avoid Tylenol at all costs.” @oregonnursesassoc.bsky.social nwlaborpress.org/2025/10/unio...

Union nurses say Tylenol is safe for pregnant women

Oregon Nurses Association condemned recent statements by President Donald Trump that advised pregnant women to “avoid Tylenol at all costs.”

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · 6d

How Roofers and Laborers rescued a Mounted Explorer post. A scout troop's hay barn was on its last legs. Then the Union Sportsmens Alliance stepped in with volunteers from Roofers Local 49 and Laborers Local 737. @weareliuna.bsky.social nwlaborpress.org/2025/10/roof...

Roofers and Laborers ride to the rescue of a Mounted Explorer post

Union volunteers from Roofers Local 49 and Laborers Local 737 saved a Gresham hay barn for Mounted Explorer Post 686 in September.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · 6d

Workers at Portland’s independent police review unit hope contract bargaining can save their jobs @oregonafscme.bsky.social nwlaborpress.org/2025/10/work...

Workers at Portland’s independent police review unit hope contract bargaining can save their jobs

Portland’s IPR workers picket as contract talks stall, seeking job security in the new Office of Community-based Police Accountability.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · 6d

Union members have superior benefits. BLS data shows union employees are more likely to have employer-provided health insurance and retirement benefits than non-union workers. nwlaborpress.org/2025/10/unio...

Union members have superior benefits

BLS data shows union employees are more likely to have employer-provided health insurance and retirement benefits than non-union workers.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · 6d

Sheet Metal Workers Local 16 says NW College of Construction is flouting state law. As portrayed in a complaint with the state, "employee" reps on non-union apprenticeship boards sound like an episode of ‘Undercover Boss.’ | @smart-union.bsky.social nwlaborpress.org/2025/10/loca...

Local 16 says NW College of Construction flouts state law

‘Employee’ reps in non-union apprenticeships feel like an episode of ‘Undercover Boss’ as portrayed in a complaint to the State of Oregon.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · 7d

LONGVIEW, WASHINGTON: In a community divided by partisan feeling, a retired union millworker wants a return to common sense and good government. He's challenging the mayor, and may be on track to win the election. nwlaborpress.org/2025/10/unio...

Union millworker takes on Longview mayor

In a community divided by partisan feeling, a retired member of AWPPW wants a return to common sense and good government.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · 9d

4,000 Kaiser Permanente employees in Oregon and Washington are set to strike Oct. 14 for up to five days. Their contract expired Sept. 30. nwlaborpress.org/2025/10/kais...

Kaiser Permanente staff may strike over pay, staffing

4,000 Kaiser Permanente employees in Oregon and Washington are set to strike Oct. 14 for up to five days. Their contract expired Sept. 30.

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UAW @uaw.org · 17d

"In the United States, almost all union meetings are run according to a system of rules called Robert’s Rules of Order. With just a little knowledge, any union member or delegate can be a participant, not just a spectator."

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Demystifying Robert’s Rules

Don’t let rules and a bit of jargon intimidate you. Robert’s Rules is a democratic “user manual” for running orderly and fair meetings.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 18d

Farmworkers at Windmill Mushrooms are fighting for just conditions: Sign this petition and demand that Instar and Windmill recognize the union and stop harmful labor practices.
#BoycottWindmillMushrooms

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NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION

UNION RECOGNITION FOR WINDMILL FARMS WORKERS NOW

SIGN THE PETITION

LINK IN CAPTION

#BOYCOTTWINDMILLMUSHROOMS

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

AFTER YEARS OF POOR CONDITIONS UNDER OSTROM, MAJORITY OF WORKERS VOTED TO UNIONIZE.
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WINDMILL FARMS, FINANCED BY INSTAR ASSET MANAGEMENT, BUYS OSTROM.
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WORKERS WERE FIRED AND PRESSURED TO ACCEPT REHIRE AT LOWER PAY, SOMETIMES IN UNFAMILIAR POSITIONS WITHOUT TRAINING.

UNACCEPTABLE.

WHAT DO WE DEMAND?

ATTN:

CEO OF INSTAR, GREGORY J. SMITH CEO OF WINDMILL FARMS, GREG OGIBA

ACCOUNTABILITY:

“FAIR AND SAFE TREATMENT" FOR WORKERS NOW

WINDMILL FARMS SUNNYSIDE, WA

WORKER STATEMENT:

"AT WINDMILL FARMS WE ARE MISTREATED. WE ARE SCOLDED FOR NOT DOING THE WORK PROPERLY, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE DOING WHAT IS ASKED. WE ARE SHUNNED FOR ASKING THE SUPERVISORS QUESTIONS AND WE FEAR SPEAKING WITH OUR CO-WORKERS."

WORKERS DESERVE A UNION NOW

SIGN THE LINK IN CAPTION

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · 19d

Nearly four years after the first Starbucks coffee shop unionized, workers still don’t have a contract. @sbworkersunited.org nwlaborpress.org/2025/09/star...

Starbucks bargaining at a standstill

Nearly four years after the first Starbucks coffee shop unionized, workers still don’t have a contract.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · 19d

New Seasons Labor Union votes to join UE union. Members also considered affiliating with Teamsters Local 162 but in an online membership vote held July 31, 65% chose UE over Local 162. nwlaborpress.org/2025/09/new-...

New Seasons Labor Union votes to join UE union

Members also considered affiliating with Teamsters Local 162 but in an online membership vote held July 31, 65% chose UE over Local 162.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · 20d

LCSA: Labor’s safety net in times of crisis. The group helps union members who have been referred by their union — 1,039 of them in 2024. nwlaborpress.org/2025/09/lcsa...

LCSA: Labor’s safety net in times of crisis

LCSA helps union members who have been referred by their union — 1,039 of them in 2024.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · 20d

Newport Symphony goes union nwlaborpress.org/2025/09/newp... @afm-union.bsky.social

Newport Symphony goes union

The symphony’s board granted voluntary recognition in July, pending a check of signed union authorization cards that was completed in August.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · 20d

Trump has closed the de minimis trade loophole. Since Aug. 29, products delivered by mail to individual consumers have faced the same tariffs as those arriving in shipping containers. nwlaborpress.org/2025/09/trum...

Trump closes de minimis trade loophole

Since Aug. 29, products delivered by mail to individual consumers have faced the same tariffs as those arriving in shipping containers.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · 20d

Portland scrap metal workers answer with a ‘hard no’ to Toyota demand for concessions nwlaborpress.org/2025/09/port...

Portland scrap metal workers answer with a ‘hard no’ to Toyota demand for concessions

Members of Operating Engineers Local 701 at the Radius Recycling scrap metal yard approved a new contract after coming close to striking.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · 20d

Gallup: Unions are still popular. Poll results show union approval has been holding steady for the last five years, following a steady rebound over the previous decade. nwlaborpress.org/2025/09/gall...

Gallup poll: Unions are still popular

Poll results show union approval has been holding steady for the last five years, following a steady rebound over the previous decade.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · 21d

Union nurses are calling out Providence Portland for short-staffing. Now that Oregon is supposed to get tough in its enforcement of minimum staffing rules, health care workers have filed 2,200 complaints since June. @oregonnursesassoc.bsky.social nwlaborpress.org/2025/09/nurs...

Nurses call out Providence Portland for short-staffing

Oregon is supposed to get tough in its enforcement of minimum staffing rules. Health care workers have filed 2,200 complaints since June.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · Sep 9

Don’t let rules and a bit of jargon intimidate you. Robert’s Rules is a democratic “user manual” for running orderly and fair meetings. nwlaborpress.org/2025/09/demy...

Demystifying Robert’s Rules

Don’t let rules and a bit of jargon intimidate you. Robert’s Rules is a democratic “user manual” for running orderly and fair meetings.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · Sep 9

Trump has ordered an end to more union contracts. An Aug. 28 executive order directs that additional groups of federal workers be stripped of their right to a union, beyond those identified in March. nwlaborpress.org/2025/09/trum...

Trump orders end to more union contracts

An Aug. 28 executive order directs that additional groups of federal workers be stripped of their right to a union.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · Sep 8

In July Congress zeroed out funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) for the first time in its 58-year history. Now local public radio staff are bracing for the impacts.
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Public radio staff brace for CPB shutdown

In July Congress zeroed out funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) for the first time in its 58-year history.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · Sep 8

A union supporter is being reinstated at Fried Egg I’m in Love. After three years of working at the company, Colin John was fired one week after he led a one-day walkout to protest treatment of a coworker. The NLRB determined that was illegal retaliation. nwlaborpress.org/2025/09/unio...

Unionist reinstated at Fried Egg I’m in Love

A week after he led a one-day walkout to protest treatment of a coworker, Colin John was fired after three years of working at the company.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · Sep 8

Workers at a New Seasons store on Woodstock have voted to dump the union. The effort was led by workers who were unsatisfied with slow contract negotiations. And New Seasons is now giving raises to nonunion workers. nwlaborpress.org/2025/09/new-...

New Seasons workers at store on Woodstock dump union

The effort was led by workers who were unsatisfied with slow contract negotiations. And New Seasons is now giving raises to nonunion workers.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · Aug 29

For Labor Day this year, we put together a wide-ranging directly to the local labor movement. Take a look, and let us know if you think we missed anything or got it wrong. | NW Labor Press buff.ly/VOcI9iZ buff.ly/cXcFoCJ

A guide to the local union movement - NW Labor Press

Comprehending the vastness of the labor movement can be a challenge. This is as exhaustive a list of local labor unions as we could create.

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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · Aug 29

WISH US HAPPY BIRTHDAY? Exactly 125 years ago tomorrow, the first issue the Portland Labor Press appeared. We looked back at that history and asked: How did this newspaper survive when hundreds of others stopped publishing. | NW Labor Press #laborhistory

Against the odds, 125 years of telling labor’s story - NW Labor Press

It’s one of the last of its kind, but the Northwest Labor Press is in reasonably good health.

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