Workers Rights

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

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

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

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

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

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

A massage therapist is terminated after wearing red feather earrings.

The penalty is for refusing to bargain when it sold its Vancouver factory to Mercury Plastics.

Defying the Chamber, a widely popular ordinance will require businesses to offer paid sick leave.

Starbucks pays a fired Portland barista to settle charges, after federal agency issues complaint.

In June and July, CWA files four more charges with the National Labor Relations Board.

The Eugene hunting bow maker breaks terms of a legal settlement, IAM alleges.

NLRB’s case against Boeing goes to the heart of workers’ right to strike.

When its minimum wage brewers sought a union, Rogue Ales lawyered up and fired two.

EEOC is suing companies that trafficked hundreds of foreign workers to Washington, Hawaii, Texas, and Mississippi.

Polls have continued to show an edge in public support for union rights.

Ten U.S. senators in asking the National Labor Relations Board to ignore political pressure.

A thousand UFCW members could lose jobs if Walmart opens 17 Portland-area stores as planned.

Supporters filled a Portland Hilton ballroom May 14 to celebrate and remember.