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Month: April 2021

Worker safety

Workers Memorial Day 2021

Apr 14, 2021

Workers Memorial Day, April 28, is a day to honor workers who have died on the job, and recommit to fight for a safe work environment.

Jobs

Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan

Apr 14, 2021

President Biden is asking Congress for $2 trillion in federal investment in infrastructure, research, training and home care over a decade.

Union Organizing

Staff at the Oregon Legislature can unionize, Board rules

Apr 14, 2021

Plans can now go forward for a union election among roughly 180 legislative assistants who work for individual Oregon lawmakers.

Union Organizing

Amazon workers reject union

Apr 14, 2021

At the Bessemer “fulfillment center” workers rejected the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union 738 to 1,798.

Washington

Washington labor legislation update

Apr 14, 2021

Bills to give farm workers the right to overtime pay and create a COVID-19 workers’ comp presumption look likely to pass.

Oregon

Oregon labor legislation update

Apr 14, 2021

Union-backed bills to give sick leave to construction workers and set the prevailing wage at the union rate have passed at least one chamber.

Union Organizing

Lifeworks NW workers file for union election

Apr 14, 2021

A group of about 60 workers at a Hillsboro mental health and substance abuse crisis center is ready to join Oregon AFSCME.

Oregon

A union guide to Oregon’s May 2021 special election

Apr 14, 2021

Oregon’s May 2021 special election is about who will lead our schools. Ballots will be mailed April 28 and are due back May 18.

Job Training

Maybe shoulda Googled ‘rat contractor’?

Apr 14, 2021

Crestline, a heavy civil general contractor headquartered in The Dalles, doesn’t have a state-approved apprenticeship program.

Worker safety

A regulator with a life-and-death mission: Keeping workers safe

Apr 14, 2021

For over 15 years, Michael Wood has been at the helm of Oregon OSHA. The Labor Press caught up with him by Zoom April 8.

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