Workers Rights

Unionists sentenced for Aveda occupation

CWA 7901 president Madelyn Elder and Portland JWJ activist Laurie King will do community service.

Dosha pays $7,000 to fired massage therapist

The five-location salon also posts notices promising to remove surveillance cameras.

Bend hospital fires SEIU leaders amid decert campaign

A union vote at St. Charles Medical Center is on hold while the NLRB investigates violations.

Labor commissioner sides with Fire Fighters in overtime pay dispute

Grants Pass is ordered to include vacation and sick leave when computing firefighters’ overtime.

If you don’t like it, says boss, move to Australia!

A Dyno Nobel manager drops in on a union organizing meeting to see who showed up.

Dosha Salon Spa fires another union supporter

Dosha terminated another union supporter — massage therapist Philip Aust — on Feb. 20.

Rally demands reinstatement of New Seasons worker

Was a New Seasons worker fired for eating tofu, or because he spoke up for workers rights?

Strikes were up in 2011, but still extremely rare

The Verizon and NFL strikes were the year's biggest.

Labor Law forum draws 280 union reps, shop stewards

A new rule says private employers must display a poster explaining workers’ rights to form a union.

Wisconsin unions in life or death fight to recall Governor Walker

Tens of thousands of Wisconsin public workers have lost collective bargaining rights.

Vancouver Hilton to be converted to office space

Vancouver Hilton managers get carried away campaigning against a boycott.

Crackdown at St. Charles Medical Center

St. Charles Medical Center in Bend sounds like a dictatorship in a case filed by SEIU Local 49.

OSPIRG fundraiser fires pro-union workers

Workers at Fund for the Public Interest’s Portland call center voted in October to unionize.

JWJ picks Dosha as 2011 “Scrooge of the Year”

Dosha Salon Spa was elected “Scrooge of the Year” at a Dec. 10 fundraiser

Parry Center workers reject campaign to bust their union

Now workers must get a contract at a non-profit that spent $65,000+ to bust the union.

MetroWest fires another pro-Teamster worker

Washington County's ambulance contractor is accused of breaking the law to fight unionization.

Going through the motions in bargaining

Bus contractor First Student is accused of playing games in bargaining with OSEA at South Umpqua.

Ambulance contractor fires union supporters

MetroWest Ambulance, which has a contract with Washington County, has begun firing union supporters.

Ashland co-op goes gonzo over union drive

A federal agency is investigating labor law violations at a Southern Oregon food co-op.

Dosha fires pro-union worker

A massage therapist is terminated after wearing red feather earrings.