Worker safety Abhe & Svoboda fires union salt amid safety complaints Mar 16, 2017 Nonunion paint contractor Abhe & Svoboda faces civil rights, labor and safety complaints on a $22 million Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) painting project underneath the Ross Island Bridge.
Workers Rights Long day AND long week? For Oregon factory workers, double the pay Dec 28, 2016 180,000 Oregon factory workers can now earn time-and-a-half twice.
Workers Rights Oregon’s ‘incredible’ crackdown on wage theft Apr 1, 2016 Oregon legislators passed a law that will make wage thieves tremble.
Workers Rights Southern Oregon University pays $2.5 million wage settlement to workers who built new campus dorms Feb 3, 2016 The settlement wasn’t about cheating workers, but about how the university handled bidding.
Oregon Starr tells a Republican audience he’d lower prevailing wages as labor commissioner Oct 16, 2012 A BOLI survey sets wage rates on public construction projects, but Starr says it’s out of whack.
Oregon Candidate for Labor Commissioner wants to make Oregon a ‘right-to-work’ state Oct 2, 2012 It would make the state more attractive to business, Bruce Starr tells radio host Lars Larson.
Workers Rights Blueberry growers fined for minimum wage violations, but Avakian cries foul Sep 4, 2012 Back pay and civil penalties total $240,000 for violating the rights of 1,100 workers.
Workers Rights Labor commissioner sides with Fire Fighters in overtime pay dispute Mar 14, 2012 Grants Pass is ordered to include vacation and sick leave when computing firefighters’ overtime.