Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries Archives - Page 2 of 2

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.

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.

Oregon’s ‘incredible’ crackdown on wage theft

Apr 1, 2016

Oregon legislators passed a law that will make wage thieves tremble.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.