Oregon/Washington

The Jodi Guetzloe Parker Legislative Champion Award recognizes state legislators who went above and beyond for the Laborers union.

Local 555’s campaign to recall Eugene state representative Paul Holvey was rejected by 89.97% of voters Oct. 3.

Washington's Nov. 7 general election covers local races for school board, city council, and special districts.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Oregon’s lone Republican Congresswoman, is courting organized labor.

Longtime labor legislator Paul Holvey faces an Oct. 3 recall election in House District 8 in Eugene.

Masih, 52, has practiced law for more than 25 years. She’s spent most of her career with Bennett Hartman, a prominent pro-labor law firm.

Despite a six-week walkout by Senate Republicans, Oregon labor tallied a respectable number of wins in the 2023 legislative session.

Proposed measures could tighten ethics rules, bar secret caucus meetings, and institute public campaign finance.

The effort comes after Holvey stymied UFCW's priority legislation, a bill to require cannabis companies to sign labor peace agreements.

A bill to toughen OSHA penalties is on its way to Governor Kotek’s desk after committee room drama and a failed GOP attempt to gut the bill.

On May 15, Washington became the first state to extend unemployment insurance and paid family and medical leave to Uber and Lyft drivers.

Washington’s 2023 legislative session concluded April 23 with wins for worker safety, workers compensation, and affordable housing.

SB 907 passed out of the state Senate with a bipartisan 21-8 vote on April 13 and is now being taken up in the House.

Oregon’s May 2023 special election is mainly for school boards and special districts, plus filling a few vacancies in city and county office.

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.

Oregon lawmakers have the chance to make historic improvements to healthcare, thanks to the collaboration of labor and hospital management.

Self-insuring for workers comp may set up too strong an incentive to deny claims. Firefighters and other unions are pushing for reform.

SB 594 would add demolition and hazardous waste removal to the requirement that prevailing wage be paid on public construction projects.

Oregon OSHA has the lowest fines in the nation: The average for a fatal accident is $1,077. Oregon labor wants that to change.