Workers Rights

Several leaders in the Oregon House and Senate say they'll consider a lower training or youth wage.

An architect of Seattle's $15 minimum wage has written a book about the surging 15 movement.

Oregon legislators passed a law that will make wage thieves tremble.

Union win in Friedrichs case depended on Justice Scalia’s death.

Clever TriMet lawyers interpret a new public sector union neutrality law in an unforeseen way.

The seven annual wage hikes start with a 25 or 50 cent rise this July 1.

Will Oregon legislators get tough on wage theft? Not this year. Not really.

The settlement wasn’t about cheating workers, but about how the university handled bidding.

Judging by what they asked Jan. 11, it appears the U.S. Supreme Court will overrule Abood.

Businesses will have to wait ’til after a conditional job offer to do criminal background checks.

Four other versions of the measure were submitted in March, but have since been withdrawn.

The Oregon Democrat backs bills to diminish workers’ right to unionize or tack collective action.

Instafab also threatened to fire other employees for talking with strikers.

World Duty Free declined to voluntarily recognize UNITE HERE

AFL-CIO’s Working America is helping LMTs campaign to raise their industry’s standards.

Strikers are hoping for vindication from the National Labor Relations Board.

State high court throws out lawsuit against Seatac's $15 minimum wage

Companies have increasingly hired outside staffing agencies in recent decades.

ABM is refusing to recognize IAM, and the firing could be part of a deliberate legal strategy

ABM would rather pay lawyers to delay the inevitable.