Workers Rights

Will the minimum wage movement come to Oregon?

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

Labor steps up big-time to help pass paid Eugene sick leave

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

Unions join renewed push for immigration reform

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

Supreme Court decision in Harris v Quinn creates “right-to-work” situation for home care workers

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

Unions back effort to stop unjust discrimination against applicants with criminal records

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

Unionist acquitted of trespass charge in right-to-work protest

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

Painting contractor tells NLRB he would rather close up shop than go union

Company owner represents himself in five-day trial

Good luck with that: One wage and hour investigator for every 123,000 workers

David Weil is the first Obama appointee to Wage and Hour to get through the Senate

City of Portland rolling back Walmart bond investments

City cashes out $9 million in Walmart bonds, to the applause of UFCW Local 555

Eugene task force to report back to City Council about paid sick leave

There appears to be majority support on City Council for an ordinance like the one in Portland.

No surprise: Portland park rangers vote union

Overcoming legal obstruction by the City, rangers are now part of DCTU

Unionists turn out for Portland May Day rally

International Workers Day draws hundreds to downtown march and rally

NLRB rules McKenzie-Willamette Hospital broke labor law

The Springfield facility is part of America’s second-biggest for-profit hospital chain

NLRB says painting contractor broke federal labor law

Nonunion Edwards Painting of Oregon City will go before a judge May 6

Eugene could be next to guarantee paid sick days

A labor-community coalition is finding City Council support for an ordinance

Arbitrator tells Clark County to follow the union contract

OPEIU Local 11 wins redress after a worker loses out to a less qualified junior co-worker

Judge strikes down SeaTac’s $15 minimum wage — for airport workers

The ballot measure still goes into effect for hotel workers

Sick leave ordinance will take effect in City of Portland Jan. 1

Backers plan to push for statewide legislation in 2015.

$15 SeaTac minimum wage challenged in court

Judge will rule by Jan. 1, when the law is to take effect

Supreme Court drops case over whether union neutrality is illegal

Employer neutrality toward unions could be considered illegal in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama