Workers Rights

The company started closing stores, citing crime. Sound suspicious? The NLRB says it was a response to the union.

Picketing outside a construction work site Dec. 11, Local 701 staff saw first-hand that a non-union crane operator treats workers poorly.

A federal lawsuit has a lesson for contractors: Skip paying workers’ fringe benefits, and a U.S. marshal might show up at your door.

Heather Clark and Gail Kleeman are among dozens of union supporters that Starbucks has fired illegally across the country.

Senate Bill 5777, filed Dec. 4, is sponsored by Washington State Senator Karen Keiser of Des Moines and has 15 cosponsors.

The one-day strike, to protest a staggering number of unfair labor practices, included stores in Beaverton, Portland, and Vancouver.

A Washington state subsidy program drops the monthly cost of child care to $0 to $215, depending on a family’s income.

An improperly contained cruise ship paint job resulted in paint particles floating almost a half-mile to the employee parking lot.

Washington is updating its mandatory paid sick leave program to cover construction workers who have historically missed out on the benefit.

After more than two years of problems as egregious as a $99,000 overpayment or zeroed out paid leave banks, OFNHP is speaking out.

Oregon’s minimum wage rose to $15.45 in the Portland metro area on July 1. Washington's will rise to $16.28 an hour on Jan. 1.

Washington Federation of State Employee advocated for the measure amid a multi-year legal battle against the anti-union Freedom Foundation.

Contractors who bid on public projects with the City of Vancouver now must verify that their subcontractors are not labor law violators.

Nearly two years after the first Starbucks store unionized, not one Starbucks location has a first union contract.

The British anti-poverty group Oxfam recently ranked 38 developed nations on worker well-being. The United States was at or near the bottom.

Workers have reported getting punched, scratched, and stabbed with pencils, and the staff vacancy rate this year hit an all-time high.

The NLRB hasn’t had this energetic of an enforcer in more than half a century. Jennifer Abruzzo is refocusing the agency on its founding goal.

What’s behind the incredible string of payroll ‘errors’ at Fred Meyer, Providence, and the State of Oregon?

Try to claw back money from paychecks without our permission? We’ll see you in court, say members of Oregon Nurses Association.

Airport contractor Bags Inc. orders wheelchair attendants to remain standing when not assisting passengers.