Portland Woolen Mills offered several worker programs including baseball, basketball and bowling teams; a cafeteria and a library.

Labor disputes started during the 1934 textile workers strike when Portland Woolen Mills employees walked-off the job for two days.

The factory filled contracts for the United States Federal Government during much of its history, primarily making blankets for the armed forces.

For their work in producing blankets during World War II, the Portland Woolen Mills won an Army-Navy "E" Award.

Founded in Sellwood, Oregon, in 1901, the Portland Woolen Mills relocated to the town of St. Johns in 1904 after a fire destroyed their old factory.

[13] During World War I, the Portland Woolen Mills were contracted to manufacture clothing and blankets for the United States Armed Forces.

[17] During World War II, the United States federal government granted the Portland Woolen Mills contracts for wool blankets.

[24] In 1921, management put on a melodrama play for their employees entitled The Fruit of His Folly by playwright Arthur Lewis Tubbs.

[28] A case brought by female Portland Woolen Mills employees to the Oregon Industrial Welfare Commission in 1919 argued that they should not have to work longer than 8-hour days for a maximum of 48 hours a week.

Management countered with a 10-hour a day limit, but the commission sided with the workers by restricting the hours female employees could work per their request.

[33] A three-week-long series of protests involving 500 Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) employees of the Portland Woolen Mills, a contract was agreed upon and full productivity was returned.