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Workers Rights
Oregon set to have nation’s highest minimum wage
The seven annual wage hikes start with a 25 or 50 cent rise this July 1.
Jail time for wage thieves?
Will Oregon legislators get tough on wage theft? Not this year. Not really.
Southern Oregon University pays $2.5 million wage settlement to workers who built new campus dorms
The settlement wasn’t about cheating workers, but about how the university handled bidding.
U.S. Supreme Court case could deal blow to public-sector unions
Judging by what they asked Jan. 11, it appears the U.S. Supreme Court will overrule Abood.
Portland bans the box
Businesses will have to wait ’til after a conditional job offer to do criminal background checks.
New public-sector ‘right-to-work’ measure filed in Oregon
Four other versions of the measure were submitted in March, but have since been withdrawn.
Oregon Democratic Congressman Kurt Schrader turning hostile to union rights
The Oregon Democrat backs bills to diminish workers’ right to unionize or tack collective action.
NLRB says Instafab broke the law when it fired strikers
Instafab also threatened to fire other employees for talking with strikers.
Portland airport retailer fires union activists
World Duty Free declined to voluntarily recognize UNITE HERE
A union for massage therapists?
AFL-CIO’s Working America is helping LMTs campaign to raise their industry’s standards.
Ironworker strike now in Month 8
Strikers are hoping for vindication from the National Labor Relations Board.
Victory for SeaTac airport workers
State high court throws out lawsuit against Seatac's $15 minimum wage
NLRB: No more hiding behind temp agencies to avoid unions
Companies have increasingly hired outside staffing agencies in recent decades.
Portland airport contractor ABM fires union activist
ABM is refusing to recognize IAM, and the firing could be part of a deliberate legal strategy
Airport contractor refuses to bargain with Machinists
ABM would rather pay lawyers to delay the inevitable.
New coalition will push to raise Oregon minimum wage to $13.50
Union-backed Raise the Wage Oregon also would restore cities right to go higher
Instafab strike article sparks Internet flame war
One commenter was especially prolific. It turns out he has a big stake in the discussion.
You take one of us on, you take all of us on
Portland Jobs With Justice carried out a three-hour-long protest June 17, including a rally outside City Hall calling for a $15 minimum wage, a...
Unfair labor practice charges piling up against Instafab
Striking workers accuse Instafab of firing, threatening, and interrogating union supporters
Ban the Box nearly ready for council vote
Ordinance would give the formerly incarcerated a better chance at finding work after release.