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Oregon

Lawmakers end Oregon’s lowest-in-nation OSHA penalties

May 17, 2023

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. 

Oregon

Local unions. Local politics.

Apr 20, 2023

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

Oregon

Bill says demolition is public work too

Mar 15, 2023

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

Graham Trainor
Comment

Lawmakers must center workers

Feb 15, 2023

Oregon workers are geared up to make real progress during this year’s in-person legislative session, which kicked off on January 17.

Graham Trainor
Comment

2023: New Year, New Worker Protections

Jan 18, 2023

Several key laws championed by the Oregon labor movement went into effect this month, affirming Oregon’s reputation of being “Union Strong.”

People

Labor commisioner picks deputy straight out of the house of labor

Dec 14, 2022

Oregon AFL-CIO political and legislative director Jessica Giannettino Villatoro will serve as deputy to incoming BOLI Commissioner Christina Stephenson.

Union Democracy

New leader sworn in at Oregon AFL-CIO

Dec 14, 2022

Aida Aranda was unopposed for secretary-treasurer at the Dec. 8 meeting of the union federation’s Executive Board.

Graham Trainor
Comment

2022: The year of the worker?

Dec 14, 2022

This year has seen working people and their unions more central to the mainstream national narrative than in quite some time.

Graham Trainor
Comment

Never bet against the workers

Nov 16, 2022

The American labor movement was the difference-maker in countless races and our nation, and democracy, will be better off for it.

Oregon

Kotek embraces labor support in final election push

Nov 2, 2022

Tina Kotek has appeared at union meetings and alongside numerous labor allies in the days leading up to the election.

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