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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

Trump NLRB sues Oregon to preserve employers right to hold mandatory anti-union meetings

Jun 17, 2020

On July 14 a federal court will hear the government’s challenge to the state law, which was passed in 2009.

Workers Rights

Union-made Black Lives Matter buttons nixed at Burgerville

Jun 17, 2020

Burgerville backtracked after online backlash, and said it would produce its own Black Lives Matter accessories for workers to wear if they choose.

Workers Rights

Unions react as the nation explodes in protest over George Floyd killing

Jun 2, 2020

“in the end, the labor movement is not a building,” said the president of the AFL-CIO after protesters trashed AFL-CIO headquarters lobby in D.C.

Workers Rights

Plasterers uncover wage theft at luxury apartments in Eugene

Jun 2, 2020

When building trades unions police abuses in the construction industry, they’re defending all workers, not only their members.

Workers Rights

ICTSI refuses to accept $19 million from ILWU and will seek new trial

Apr 15, 2020

A new trial would focus only on deciding the right amount of damages, not whether ILWU was at fault in the slowdown at Terminal 6.

Workers Rights

Oregon labor commissioner won’t let employers fire workers who lack child care

Apr 1, 2020

A temporary rule interprets state law to say that employers with over 25 workers must allow up to 12 weeks unpaid leave for workers to care for their children whose school or daycare has been closed.

Workers Rights

Vancouver’s Columbian newspaper terminates union supporters

Mar 20, 2020

Of the three workers laid off March 16, two were leaders of the union campaign and were serving on the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild bargaining team.

Workers Rights

Judge lowers ILWU jury award

Mar 18, 2020

ILWU is now supposed to pay terminal operator ICTSI $19 million, after a federal judge said the evidence did not support a jury award of $93.6 million.

Workers Rights

Rat spotted in Vancouver, Washington

Mar 18, 2020

General Labor & Industrial Staffing Services’ response to the arrival of a giant inflatable rat? Call the police and threaten legal action.

Workers Rights

IBEW Local 48 members now get pregnancy benefits 

Mar 18, 2020

Pregnant members can get up to 26 weeks of benefits, starting 13 weeks before their due date, and ending 13 weeks after the birth.

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