Workers Rights

Will Portland be next?

Portland Specialty Bakery, which makes baked goods for Starbucks, is accused of wage and hour and sick leave violations.

A bill sponsored by Schrader won praise from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and criticism from the Labor Secretary.

Thanks to his union, IT worker Michael Hirsch was reinstated with back pay

White House raises alarm as report finds 30 million U.S. workers covered by non-compete agreements.

One year into a strike, Oregon House speaker Tina Kotek headlines the Workers Rights Board panel

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Four other versions of the measure were submitted in March, but have since been withdrawn.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

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