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Month: November 2022

Collective Bargaining

Biden: Congress should impose rail contract

Nov 30, 2022

To win paid sick days, union rail workers are ready for a nationwide strike. But Biden wants Congress to force them to accept a contract they rejected.

Collective Bargaining

What do airport workers want? Raises that beat inflation

Nov 30, 2022

Portland International Airport workers represented by IBEW Local 48 and Laborers Local 483 are tired of working without raises.

Analysis

3 billionaires own more than bottom half of Oregonians

Nov 30, 2022

Oregon’s three billionaires hold about $53 billion in wealth, while the bottom half of all Oregonians own about $27 billion.

Workers Rights

Workers sue Fred Meyer for unpaid wages

Nov 30, 2022

Kroger is planning to buy competitor Albertsons for $24.6 billion. But the grocery monolith can’t seem to find the cash to pay its workers.

International

Worker uprising at Foxconn in China

Nov 30, 2022

Workers at the massive Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China were barred from leaving dorms in the locked down facility.

Workers Rights

St. Charles Hospital in Bend hires union buster

Nov 30, 2022

The Florida union buster is just the latest for the Oregon hospital’s hard-core anti-union human resources team.

Oregon

Oregon paid leave ready to launch

Nov 30, 2022

Starting next September, Oregon workers will be able to take up to 12 weeks off using paid, parental leave.

Multnomah County

Nurse union asks district attorney to prosecute Providence for wage theft

Nov 30, 2022

Multnomah County DA Mike Schmidt says he’s ready to prosecute employers who commit wage theft. Oregon Nurses Association has one in mind.

Oregon

Catching up with Christina

Nov 30, 2022

Worker-side labor attorney Christina Stephenson, Oregon’s next labor commissioner, describes her priorities for the job when she takes office next month.

Job Training

Drug counselor apprenticeship program launches, with BOLI support

Nov 30, 2022

The AFSCME-supported apprenticeship helps workers become Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CADC) through on-the-job training and classroom education.

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