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Wage boards — created by state or local governments — recommend minimum standards for wages, benefits, working conditions, and training.

New Hampshire is removing a historical marker honoring labor heroine Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. As erasure of labor’s story, it fits a pattern.

More workers are turning to labor than at any point in recent memory. It’s going to require us to be strategic about how we build power.

Why VA hospital workers and patients oppose privatization .

There are signs that change is coming. Fully 71% of Americans support unions. And voters see that inequality devastates our communities.

We asked representatives of both the pro- and anti-campaigns to give us their best arguments as to how union households should vote.

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.

Unions have led the fight for strong regulations and vigorous enforcement to protect the safety and health of workers and their communities.

The Oregon labor movement suffered a great and devastating loss on Feb. 27 when our sister Aida Aranda passed away suddenly.