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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.

National

Renamed PRO Act introduced in Congress

Mar 16, 2023

Democrats in Congress have signed onto the PRO Act, a bill to make it easier to unionize. Republicans have not.

Workers Rights

Workers petition for a prayer room at the Portland airport

Mar 15, 2023

The Port of Portland is exploring the possibility of dedicating a temporary space for prayer at the airport in time for Ramadan.

Workers Rights

New Seasons workers picket six Portland stores

Feb 15, 2023

New Seasons Labor Union says the company should bargain over recent policy changes at stores that have unionized.

Workers Rights

Nabisco defies overtime law

Feb 15, 2023

Senate Bill 1513 was written specifically to target overtime abuse at Nabisco’s Portland plant, but the company hasn’t changed its actions.

Workers Rights

Fred Meyer: payroll problems are widespread

Feb 2, 2023

The payroll problems began to emerge in October 2022, just after the company implemented a new payroll system known as “MyTime.”

Workers Rights

Local NLRB agent tells labor: Agency is in crisis

Feb 2, 2023

Democrats increased the NLRB budget 9% last year, after a 10-year freeze. Now the GOP’s back in charge of the House.

National

GOP House strips union rights from staff

Jan 18, 2023

The anti-union language was included in the first bill to pass the newly Republican-led chamber during the 118th Congress.

Workers Rights

PDX tells service contractors to increase PTO

Jan 18, 2023

More than 1,000 service workers at Portland International Airport will get a bump in their paid time off accrual this summer.

Workers Rights

Sheet metal strike ends, employer court date nears

Jan 18, 2023

Sheet Metal Local 16 says the strike brought attention to the company’s anti-union conduct and led to more regulatory scrutiny on the employer.

National

Biden and Congress force a contract on rail workers

Dec 14, 2022

History may remember the episode as a betrayal by the man who pledged to be the most pro-union president in U.S. history.

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