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Worker safety

Occupational safety and health. Workplace toxins. Ergonomics. Asbestos. Hearing loss. Safety.

Worker safety

Judge tosses lawsuit against heat/smoke rules

Jan 4, 2023

A federal judge has dismissed a business group lawsuit that challenged new rules protecting Oregon workers from heat and smoke. 

Culture

To stop harassment, make it inconvenient

Oct 19, 2022

Portland-area construction leaders take stock of progress toward more welcoming workplaces over the past two years.

Worker safety

Unions protect workers. OSHA protects … contractors?

Sep 14, 2022

What is a life worth? According to Oregon OSHA, it seems, $5,400. That’s how much it recently fined a company after a worker was killed on the job.

Worker safety

Union member killed in Bend grocery shooting

Sep 14, 2022

UFCW Local 555 president Dan Clay says retail workers shouldn’t have to fear gun violence but it’s becoming increasingly common.

Worker safety

School employees union says workers are leaving jobs in droves

Sep 14, 2022

Student behavior – including assaults – are a factor in record-high classroom aide and support staff turnover.

Worker safety

Bus drivers, flight attendants say they’re feeling less safe

Aug 25, 2022

Incidents of disruptive airline passengers and abusive mass transit users have increased sharply in the past few years.

Worker safety

Driver targets paramedics in intentional crash

Aug 3, 2022

The crash is the latest evidence for what union-represented paramedics have described as growing public hostility toward ambulance workers.

Worker safety

For paramedics, assaults become part of the job

Jun 29, 2022

Assaults on paramedics and EMTs have changed the nature of a job for workers who didn’t historically face on-the-job violence.

Worker safety

Oregon OSHA heat and smoke rules official as of July 1

Jun 29, 2022

It took a few years, but Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health agency has finalized rules protecting Oregon workers from heat and smoke.

Union Organizing

Workers at tiny house villages want a union for safety

May 4, 2022

So-called “safe rest villages” in Portland are highly unsafe for staffers, leading workers to seek union representation with AFSCME.

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