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Workers Rights

Workers’ rights are human rights. They don’t come from laws — they come from being human. In the Workers Rights section, we report on the right to organize and bargain collectively, the right to a decent standard of living, and the right to be treated fairly and with dignity.

International

The world’s worst countries for workers

Jul 13, 2022

The latest International Trade Union Confederation report shows an increase in workers rights violations in recent years.

Workers Rights

Starbucks to close 16 stores, citing safety

Jul 13, 2022

For Starbucks Workers United, the timing made Portland’s 4th and Morrison store closure a clear escalation in union busting.

Workers Rights

St. Alphonsus hospital in Ontario accused of egregious antiunion conduct

Jul 13, 2022

Union busting alleged at an Oregon hospital would be enough to influence the results of an upcoming representation election, regulators say.

Workers Rights

Homeless nonprofit fires whistleblower

Jun 29, 2022

Things aren’t ‘all good’ at All Good Northwest, which runs tiny house villages for the homeless in Portland.

Labor History

The law that poisoned labor: Taft-Hartley turns 75

Jun 29, 2022

Taft-Hartley brought 12 years of explosive union growth to a sudden end, and it contributed to what has now been a 75-year decline.

Workers Rights

AFL-CIO: Abortion rights are workers rights

Jun 29, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to reverse its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision drew immediate opposition from national labor groups.

Workers Rights

Local 16 finds prevailing wage violations at Vancouver Fire Station

Jun 16, 2022

Washington Labor & Industries is investigating, but similar cases have been ongoing for years without a resolution.

Workers Rights

Fred Meyer settles child labor charges

Jun 1, 2022

An investigation by the Department of Labor found the company regularly allowing minors to load power-driven box balers at stores in Oregon.

Workers Rights

Ontario Oregon hospital trying to bust nurses union

Jun 1, 2022

A labor dispute between the Oregon Nurses Association and an eastern Oregon hospital intensified after management withdrew union recognition.

Workers Rights

America’s top wage and hour law enforcer

Jun 1, 2022

Jessica Looman, former head of the Minnesota building trades union council, now leads the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.

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