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Want to show union solidarity? Consider voting in school board races. Local elections affect communities and the workers that live there.

A number of labor-backed bills in the Oregon Legislature have good chances of becoming law, including one to increase Oregon OSHA’s fines.

First our hubris and then our neglect aided Beijing’s ambitions, weakened our capabilities, and hollowed out our middle class.

Oregon is often seen as a model for strong labor standards, but it ranks lowest in the nation when it comes to OSHA penalties.

The union-busting coffee giant sees a strike wave, an adverse legal ruling, and its leader hauled before a Senate Committee.

The agreement came through an unusual “co-interest” bargaining process first tried 7 years ago, open to any member who wanted to take part.

Democratic majorities voted to repeal a “right-to-work” law that GOP legislators passed in 2012, and restore the state prevailing wage law.

The contractor stiffed its workers of $200,000 on multiple Southwest Washington public construction projects.

Republicans wanted to overturn a rule allowing ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investments in pensions.

As skies dumped snow on Portland, administrators were warm in home offices, but night custodians battled blizzard conditions to get to work.