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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

AFL-CIO calls on Portland to give Uber drivers a voice

Apr 30, 2018

Commissioner Nick Fish says an ordinance to set up a driver “Wage Board” will get May 24 hearing.

National

Bill to end tribal worker union rights fails in Senate

Apr 18, 2018

The vote was 55-41 to end debate, but backers needed 60 votes.

Workers Rights

ATU v TriMet: 5-year legal case starts over after state Supreme Court ruling

Apr 4, 2018

TriMet, a public transit agency, has spent a bundle to keep the public out of its meetings.

National

Senate bill would end union rights for Indian casino workers

Feb 27, 2018

Oregon Democrat Kurt Schrader joined Greg Walden and 215 other Republicans in voting for it.

Workers Rights

Burgerville continues to fire pro-union workers

Feb 27, 2018

Otherwise exemplary pro-union workers are being fired for what appear like trivial pretexts.

Workers Rights

Major escalation: Burgerville Workers Union now calling on consumers to boycott the company

Feb 2, 2018

The company has refused to meet with their union, and has now fired as many as six union supporters.

Workers Rights

Meet the “anti-union” organizers

Jan 30, 2018

Freedom Foundation is showing up at workplaces and knocking on doors in Washington and Oregon to try to talk workers out of paying union dues.

National

Trump NLRB majority moves fast to reverse Obama-era decisions

Jan 3, 2018

In just three months, the new Board has reversed major gains.

Workers Rights

Trump NLRB majority puts Machinists election win at Precision Castparts back in legal limbo

Jan 3, 2018

The ruling has national ramifications, but whether the welders can unionize is again up to the Seattle NLRB office.

Workers Rights

Precision Castparts still refusing to recognize Machinist union

Nov 15, 2017

The company hopes a new Trump-appointed NLRB majority will vindicate its lawlessness.

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