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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

KOIN-TV moves forward with union-busting

Mar 5, 2020

A federal judge is set to hear charges May 19 that Nexstar Media illegally walked away from negotiations with NABET-CWA.

Workers Rights

OHSU admits to trolling AFSCME, agrees to full investigation

Mar 4, 2020

An outside attorney will interview dozens of OHSU employees to determine if other members of the management bargaining team took part in deceptive trolling.

Workers Rights

Judge could lower ILWU jury award

Feb 18, 2020

ILWU argued that a jury accepted a grossly inflated estimate when it ordered $93.6 million in economic damages.

National

U.S. House passes labor law reform

Feb 18, 2020

The PRO Act would restore the power of workers to unionize, bargain collectively, and strike.

Workers Rights

Union volunteers help enforce laws against construction wage theft on Multnomah County projects

Feb 18, 2020

Volunteers are helping County officials police construction work sites to make sure contractors are obeying labor laws.

Workers Rights

Is there forced labor in Oregon? New task force aims to find out

Feb 18, 2020

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has appointed a task force to study labor trafficking and identify ways the Legislature can tackle the issue.

Workers Rights

CNN pays $76 million to settle union-busting complaint

Feb 5, 2020

It’s the biggest settlement in the 84-year history of the National Labor Relations Board.

Workers Rights

Teen Vogue columnist preaches union fire to packed hall of Oregon unionists

Feb 5, 2020

More than 300 unionists took part Jan. 31 in the Oregon Labor Law Conference, a yearly training on collective bargaining, organizing, legislation, and worker rights. 

Workers Rights

Oregon AFL-CIO ramps up pressure on Rep. Kurt Schrader to get behind labor law reform

Jan 15, 2020

The Protecting the Right to Organize Act would protect the right to strike, prevent misclassification of workers, increase penalties for retaliation, and more, but Democrat Schrader isn’t on board.

Workers Rights

Station owner trying to bust union at KOIN-TV

Jan 15, 2020

Station owner Nexstar Media Group told about 40 workers at KOIN 6 TV Jan. 8 that it will no longer recognize their union.

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