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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

You take one of us on, you take all of us on

Jun 30, 2015

Portland Jobs With Justice carried out a three-hour-long protest June 17, including a rally outside City Hall calling for a $15 minimum wage, a delegation to Skanska in support of striking ironworkers, and the brief

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Unfair labor practice charges piling up against Instafab

Jun 16, 2015

Striking workers accuse Instafab of firing, threatening, and interrogating union supporters

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Workers Rights

Ban the Box nearly ready for council vote

May 14, 2015

Ordinance would give the formerly incarcerated a better chance at finding work after release.

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Grand Central Baking union effort falls flat

May 14, 2015

To date, the company has not hired any of the laid-off workers to new positions.

Workers Rights

Minimum wage campaign fills Oregon Capitol hearing rooms

Apr 16, 2015

Backers and opponents traded volley after volley at a hearing on raising Oregon’s minimum wage.

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Port of Portland passes new ‘social equity’ policy

Apr 16, 2015

New airline service contractors will have to hire 80% of their workers from the previous contractor

Clark County

Clark County residents blast proposed right-to-work resolution

Apr 16, 2015

Clark County Councilor Dave Madore plans to push local measure targeting public employees

Workers Rights

Airlines threaten to sue over modest labor reforms at PDX

Mar 19, 2015

Port of Portland proposal would require $13 total hourly compensation in future airport service contracts

Workers Rights

Right to work initiatives filed in Oregon

Mar 19, 2015

Anti-union forces are campaigning across the United States to pass state and local “right-to-work” laws

Workers Rights

Portland considers ‘Ban the Box’ ordinance

Mar 19, 2015

The ordinance would give people with criminal records a better shot at becoming employed. 

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