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Oregon lawmakers meet from Feb. 2 to no later than March 8 for their biennial “short session,” and this one is expected to be challenging. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/oreg...
Oregon Legislature faces revenue crunch as unions prepare to rally at the Capitol
Oregon lawmakers meet from Feb. 2 to no later than March 8 for their biennial “short session,” and this one is expected to be challenging.
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January 19, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Oregon lawmakers meet from Feb. 2 to no later than March 8 for their biennial “short session,” and this one is expected to be challenging. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/oreg...
Portland State University serves working, first generation and transfer students, powering Oregon’s workforce. Its mission needs funding to match.
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PSU deserves funding that works for Oregon’s workers
Portland State serves working, first generation and transfer students, powering Oregon’s workforce. Its mission needs funding to match.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Portland State University serves working, first generation and transfer students, powering Oregon’s workforce. Its mission needs funding to match.
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SAG-AFTRA’s 2026 TV and movie awards will air live on Netflix March 1. The 32nd annual awards event, formerly known as the SAG Awards, this year was rebranded as the Actor Awards. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/sag-...
SAG-AFTRA’s 2026 TV and movie awards to air live on Netflix
The 32nd annual awards event, formerly known as the SAG Awards, this year was rebranded as the Actor Awards.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
SAG-AFTRA’s 2026 TV and movie awards will air live on Netflix March 1. The 32nd annual awards event, formerly known as the SAG Awards, this year was rebranded as the Actor Awards. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/sag-...
A newly found crime novel by the late Elmore Leonard dives into a 1970s farmworker strike, capturing picket line tension, humor, and hard choices.
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Newly found crime novel captures turmoil and triumph of strikes
The late Elmore Leonard's novella dives into a 1970s farmworker strike, capturing picket line tension, humor, and hard choices.
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January 16, 2026 at 9:45 PM
A newly found crime novel by the late Elmore Leonard dives into a 1970s farmworker strike, capturing picket line tension, humor, and hard choices.
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Faulty cranes and electrical burns: This Idaho plant is a repeat offender. Now the transformer factory has been fined nearly $1M for its repeat safety violations. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/tran...
Transformer factory fined nearly $1M for repeat safety violations
Faulty cranes and electrical burns: This Idaho plant is a repeat offender.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Faulty cranes and electrical burns: This Idaho plant is a repeat offender. Now the transformer factory has been fined nearly $1M for its repeat safety violations. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/tran...
Rocky Hanes is signing off after 26 years. The longtime president helped double Fire Fighters Local 1660 and negotiated safer staffing, shorter workweeks, and stronger contracts for firefighters. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/rock...
Rocky Hanes signs off after 26 years leading IAFF 1660
The longtime president helped double Local 1660 and negotiated safer staffing, shorter workweeks, and stronger contracts for firefighters.
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January 16, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Rocky Hanes is signing off after 26 years. The longtime president helped double Fire Fighters Local 1660 and negotiated safer staffing, shorter workweeks, and stronger contracts for firefighters. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/rock...
Providence Portland medical techs have unionized. The unit includes surgical technicians, occupational therapy assistants, and technologists who run ultrasound, MRI and mammogram equipment. @oregonnursesassoc.bsky.social nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/prov...
Providence Portland medical techs unionize
The unit includes surgical technicians, occupational therapy assistants, and technologists who run ultrasound, MRI and mammogram equipment.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Providence Portland medical techs have unionized. The unit includes surgical technicians, occupational therapy assistants, and technologists who run ultrasound, MRI and mammogram equipment. @oregonnursesassoc.bsky.social nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/prov...
Legacy workers have ratified a new contract after their 29-day strike. The agreement covers around 135 nurse practitioners and physician assistants at Legacy hospitals and clinics. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/lega...
Legacy workers ratify contract after 29-day strike
The agreement covers around 135 nurse practitioners and physician assistants at Legacy hospitals and clinics.
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January 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Legacy workers have ratified a new contract after their 29-day strike. The agreement covers around 135 nurse practitioners and physician assistants at Legacy hospitals and clinics. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/lega...
Schoolhouse Electric lays off Local 48 members as Food52 files for bankruptcy nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/scho...
Schoolhouse Electric lays off Local 48 members as Food52 files for bankruptcy
Food52 hopes to sell to America’s Test Kitchen, which could include the Portland maker light fixtures and home furnishings.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Schoolhouse Electric lays off Local 48 members as Food52 files for bankruptcy nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/scho...
JOB CORPS: NOT DEAD YET The Trump administration wants to close the program, but Congress hasn't acted yet, and a judge blocked an order closing some centers. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/job-...
January 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
JOB CORPS: NOT DEAD YET The Trump administration wants to close the program, but Congress hasn't acted yet, and a judge blocked an order closing some centers. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/job-...
Student workers at Portland State are forming a union. The massive unit would mean nearly wall-to-wall unionization at PSU. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/stud...
Student workers at Portland State form a union
The massive unit would mean nearly wall-to-wall unionization at PSU.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Student workers at Portland State are forming a union. The massive unit would mean nearly wall-to-wall unionization at PSU. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/stud...
Portland City Council aides are unionizing. Two unions seek to represent 41 Portland City Council staffers, triggering a public-sector union election. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/port...
Portland City Council aides unionize
Two unions are vying to represent 41 Portland City Council staffers, triggering a public-sector union election.
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January 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Portland City Council aides are unionizing. Two unions seek to represent 41 Portland City Council staffers, triggering a public-sector union election. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/port...
Portland’s pro-labor City Council: One year into the newly reconstituted form of government, it’s clear there’s a dramatically improved relationship with labor. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/port...
Portland’s pro-labor City Council
One year into the newly reconstituted form of government, it’s clear there’s a dramatically improved relationship with labor.
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January 14, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Portland’s pro-labor City Council: One year into the newly reconstituted form of government, it’s clear there’s a dramatically improved relationship with labor. nwlaborpress.org/2026/01/port...
Cake decorators on track to make $25.03 an hour in new three-year union contracts at Fred Meyer and QFC. nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/cake...
Cake decorators on track to make $25.03
The three-year deals set terms of work at Fred Meyer and QFC.
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January 2, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Cake decorators on track to make $25.03 an hour in new three-year union contracts at Fred Meyer and QFC. nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/cake...
AFSCME has organized workers in the Portland City Attorney’s office. And in a break with past stances, the City actually reorganized the office slightly to allow more workers to have union representation. nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/afsc...
AFSCME organizes workers in the Portland City Attorney’s office
In a break with past stances, the City actually reorganized the office slightly to allow more workers to have union representation.
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January 2, 2026 at 6:38 PM
AFSCME has organized workers in the Portland City Attorney’s office. And in a break with past stances, the City actually reorganized the office slightly to allow more workers to have union representation. nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/afsc...
Kaiser is inching closer to a new union contract. But with the last contracts having expired Sept. 30, this is the longest Kaiser workers have gone without a new contract in more than 25 years @ofnhp.bsky.social nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/kais...
Kaiser inches closer to a new union contract
With the last contracts having expired Sept. 30, this is the longest Kaiser workers have gone without a new contract in more than 25 years.
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January 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Kaiser is inching closer to a new union contract. But with the last contracts having expired Sept. 30, this is the longest Kaiser workers have gone without a new contract in more than 25 years @ofnhp.bsky.social nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/kais...
OHSU has reached a tentative deal with AFSCME. If approved, the contract would raise wages 10% for 8,000 workers nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/ohsu...
OHSU reaches tentative deal with AFSCME
If approved, the contract would raise wages 10% for 8,000 workers.
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January 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
OHSU has reached a tentative deal with AFSCME. If approved, the contract would raise wages 10% for 8,000 workers nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/ohsu...
Mushroom workers are taking their fight to the Washington Supreme Court. Fired and rehired with lower pay, their lawsuit will test the validity of forced arbitration agreements. @ufw.bsky.social nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/mush...
Mushroom workers take fight to Washington Supreme Court
Fired and rehired with lower pay, mushroom workers now face a Washington Supreme Court test of forced arbitration agreements.
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January 1, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Mushroom workers are taking their fight to the Washington Supreme Court. Fired and rehired with lower pay, their lawsuit will test the validity of forced arbitration agreements. @ufw.bsky.social nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/mush...
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Trump's picks for the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB's new top prosecutor comes from a law firm whose clients include notorious union-busters. nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/u-s-...
U.S. Senate confirms Trump picks for NLRB
Trump’s pick for NLRB top prosecutor is a partner at a law firm whose clients include notorious union-busters.
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January 1, 2026 at 8:08 PM
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Trump's picks for the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB's new top prosecutor comes from a law firm whose clients include notorious union-busters. nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/u-s-...
A plywood mill closure is hitting tiny Weed, California, hard. Roseburg Forest Products employed 140 union machinists at the California mill. @machinistsunion.bsky.social nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/mill...
Mill closure hits Weed hard
Roseburg Forest Products employed 140 union machinists at the California mill.
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January 1, 2026 at 6:38 PM
A plywood mill closure is hitting tiny Weed, California, hard. Roseburg Forest Products employed 140 union machinists at the California mill. @machinistsunion.bsky.social nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/mill...
2025 IN LABOR: As reported in the Northwest Labor Press, the year's biggest developments for the labor movement in Oregon and Southwest Washington. nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/2025...
2025 in labor
As reported in the Northwest Labor Press, here are the biggest developments for the labor movement in Oregon and Southwest Washington in 2025.
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January 1, 2026 at 4:49 PM
2025 IN LABOR: As reported in the Northwest Labor Press, the year's biggest developments for the labor movement in Oregon and Southwest Washington. nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/2025...
2025 IN LABOR: As reported in the Northwest Labor Press, the year's biggest developments for the labor movement in Oregon and Southwest Washington. nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/2025...
2025 in labor
As reported in the Northwest Labor Press, here are the biggest developments for the labor movement in Oregon and Southwest Washington in 2025.
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December 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
2025 IN LABOR: As reported in the Northwest Labor Press, the year's biggest developments for the labor movement in Oregon and Southwest Washington. nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/2025...
Legacy strike ends as workers vote on second tentative agreement @oregonnursesassoc.bsky.social nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/lega...
Legacy strike ends as workers vote on second tentative agreement
Two other units joined the picket line in two-day solidarity strikes.
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December 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Legacy strike ends as workers vote on second tentative agreement @oregonnursesassoc.bsky.social nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/lega...
Why Operating Engineers Local 701 wages will rise $3.50 an hour Jan. 1 (and $9.50 an hour total over three years): A union contract nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/loca...
Local 701 wages will rise $9.50 an hour
A typical journeyman heavy construction equipment operator will earn $62 an hour by the end of the contract.
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December 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Why Operating Engineers Local 701 wages will rise $3.50 an hour Jan. 1 (and $9.50 an hour total over three years): A union contract nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/loca...
Since the start of 2025, we’ve reported over 400 stories. Here's an update about what’s happened since we last reported on some of them. nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/2025...
2025: The rest of the story
Since the start of 2025, we’ve reported over 400 stories. Here's an update about what’s happened since we last reported on some of them.
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December 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Since the start of 2025, we’ve reported over 400 stories. Here's an update about what’s happened since we last reported on some of them. nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/2025...