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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.

Workers Rights

Portland Airport implements new $15 wage floor

Dec 10, 2020

The new policy would raise wages above $16.55 for 900 service workers in January 2022. SEIU Local 49 calls that too little too late.

Workers Rights

Homeless crisis workers seek respect

Dec 2, 2020

Central City Concern is on the front line of the region’s homeless crisis. Workers held a protest to draw attention to three demands.

Workers Rights

Will Oregon get serious about labor law enforcement?

Nov 18, 2020

BOLI’s staff has shrunk by a third since 1995—even as Oregon added a million new residents and legislators gave it new laws to enforce.

Workers Rights

Columbia Gorge behavioral health provider breaks labor law and pays a price

Nov 13, 2020

Management wanted to continue one-to-one relationship with workers. But workers preferred a 112-to-1 relationship, and unionized with AFSCME.

Workers Rights

What’s Portland Public Schools hiding? Possibly wage theft?

Nov 3, 2020

Construction union reps say the district delays, redacts, and charges exorbitantly for public records they need for wage theft investigations.

Workers Rights

Study says employers are skirting landmark law aimed at curbing abusive scheduling practices

Sep 1, 2020

The only statewide law of its kind, SB 828 was meant to make workers’ schedules more predictable, but a UO study shows it’s falling short.

Multnomah County

Preschool for All heads to Multnomah County ballot

Sep 1, 2020

Two campaigns for free preschool have merged so that Multnomah County voters can decide on a single measure this November.

Workers Rights

Oregon Fair Work Week law goes into effect July 15

Jul 1, 2020

Large retail employers will have to offer predictable schedules and pay for last-minute changes.

Workers Rights

Oregon minimum wage going up

Jul 1, 2020

The minimum wage rises today from $12.50 to $13.25 within the Portland Metro urban growth boundary.

Workers Rights

Secret audio shows Columbia Sportswear plot to fire unionist

Jun 17, 2020

In the recordings, managers list the names of union supporters they want to fire and talk about how to build a case that will stand up to NLRB scrutiny.

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