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Unemployment Insurance
Oregon
Bill would end bar on unemployment benefits for strikers
Striking workers face financial distress, and companies can use this to their advantage. SB 916 intends to even the playing field.
Analysis
Unemployment is down. But then so is employment.
Unemployment was down to 4.0% last month, almost back to 3.5%, where it was two years ago before the pandemic.
Comment
No more political games: Unemployment insurance is a human right
By Tom Chamberlain, Oregon AFL-CIO President
