Workers Rights

Ismael Nuñez struck to protest retaliation against other workers. Now HE's been terminated.

PDX lags behind other West Coast airports in raising standards for low-wage service workers

Encircled by Uber, Portland is preparing a top-to-bottom review of taxi regulations

Five national unions now have resolutions on Coke's complicity in violence against unionists

Union says City of Portland rec centers are misclassifying workers as seasonals

OUR Walmart says 1,600 Walmart protests took place nationwide on Black Friday

Big chain employers will pay a price if they want to change schedules at the last minute

Oregon may have legalized, but many employers won't change their policies

Edwards Painting violated federal labor law 18 separate ways.

General contractor Lorentz Bruun pays $85,000 to settle DOL case against woman-owned paint subcontractor

Shipyard workers at six Vigor worksites protest imposition of smoking ban without consulting union

David Neal held out during a lengthy legal battle, but in the end agreed to waive reinstatement

SEIU, Planned Parenthood, OEA, and others team up to push economic justice agenda for women

In the wake of Seattle’s $15 an hour, minimum wage campaigns are igniting all over the country.

Cities are pre-empted by state law, but unions are planning to push a statewide increase in 2015

Supporters vow to hold County Commissioners accountable for attempt to thwart Eugene

AFL-CIO calls on Obama to take executive action to allow millions to work legally

Noel Canning, a separate decision, will create bureaucratic headache for the NLRB.

The "ban the box" campaign wants employers and landlords to give ex-offenders a chance.

Police turned out in force when unionists crashed an anti-union meeting.