Northwest Labor Press

The British anti-poverty group Oxfam recently ranked 38 developed nations on worker well-being. The United States was at or near the bottom.

Members of SAG-AFTRA are now in their third week of a nationwide strike that has shut down most film and TV productions since July 14.

If the proposed changes are approved, items mailed in Medford or Eugene would be first trucked to Portland, then trucked back.

Consulting firm Baker Tilly conducted the study, which shows that on average, Clark County wages trailed other employers by 4.7% to 9%.

Workers have reported getting punched, scratched, and stabbed with pencils, and the staff vacancy rate this year hit an all-time high.

About 75 workers may have clocked in for the last time July 21 at Oregon’s largest glass bottle recycling plant.

SEIU Local 49 picketed three hospitals July 24-28 to protest unsafe staffing and draw attention to difficulty getting a new union contract.

The addition of Rebekah Whittaker and Janet Bauer means LERC can expand its reach of research and trainings.

The NLRB hasn’t had this energetic of an enforcer in more than half a century. Jennifer Abruzzo is refocusing the agency on its founding goal.

As of last month, every wheelchair attendant at Portland International Airport belongs to a union — SEIU Local 49.