Workers Rights

Bill proposes ‘bereavement’ be added to Family Leave Act

A member of Bakers Union Local 114 is behind a bill in the Oregon Legislature.

Fired teacher at Portland French School reinstated

A federal judge ordered French citizen Patricia Raclot be offered her job back.

Bend Area Transit terminates union leader

The top union officer at Bend Area Transit has been fired for what he says are pretextual causes, after months of stepped-up scrutiny from management.

Voters in four states ban union ‘card-check’

Voters in four Republican-dominated states passed measures Nov. 2 to ban the “card check” method of unionizing. But the measures may be struck down in the courts, because they encroach on rights protected by the National Labor Relations Act.

Fired pro-union teacher refuses two years salary to settle case

A French teacher terminated for supporting a union campaign at Portland French School turned down an offer of two years salary if she would drop her legal case and give up her right to return. In the trial that followed, a federal judge heard evidence about the termination and other labor law violations. On Oct. 26, a federal district court judge ordered the school to cease and desist further lawbreaking.

Fired BrucePac workers reinstated

BrucePac, a Willamette Valley cooked meat processor, has offered reinstatement and back pay to three of the 17 union supporters it fired in June 2009.

Portland French School broke law to fight union

The National Labor Relations Board says Portland French School committed multiple violations of U.S. labor law in its fight against a unionizing campaign. Earlier this year, teachers and other employees at the private French language school announced their intention to join American Federation of Teachers.

Jobs Well Done: What Obama could do for workers without Congress

Change to Win and Demos teamed up to consider how government can raise workplace standards.

Fired BrucePac workers reinstated

BrucePac has offered reinstatement and back pay to three of the 17 union supporters it fired in June 2009.

Common, and illegal: Rules banning employees from discussing wages with their co-workers run afoul of federal labor law

Sharing information about wages, benefits, and working conditions is a protected right, even in nonunion workplaces.

Oregon’s Worker Freedom Act survives court challenge

Oregon’s Worker Freedom Act has survived its first court challenge. In a May 6 ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mosman dismissed a lawsuit...

NLRB rules BrucePac firings broke federal labor law

BrucePac broke labor law when it fired workers for supporting a union campaign, says a federal judge.

Laborers union campaign at BrucePac becomes test case

By DON McINTOSH, Associate Editor Two business groups, Associated Oregon Industries (AOI) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have chosen a union campaign at...

BrucePac faces NLRB charges in mass firing of pro-union workers

Cooked meat producer BrucePac fired at least 17 union supporters just weeks into a union campaign.

Labor still reeling from 1981 PATCO strike

The strike had a broad impact on labor, says Georgetown University history professor Joseph McCartin.

Portland cabbies stage wildcat strike at Broadway Cab

In a series of job actions, over 100 Broadway Cab drivers oppose a money grab by the company.

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