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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.

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Dosha pays $7,000 to fired massage therapist

Apr 2, 2012

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

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Bend hospital fires SEIU leaders amid decert campaign

Mar 21, 2012

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

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Labor commissioner sides with Fire Fighters in overtime pay dispute

Mar 14, 2012

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

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

Mar 1, 2012

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

Workers Rights

Dosha Salon Spa fires another union supporter

Mar 1, 2012

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

Workers Rights

Rally demands reinstatement of New Seasons worker

Feb 15, 2012

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

Workers Rights

Strikes were up in 2011, but still extremely rare

Feb 8, 2012

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

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Labor Law forum draws 280 union reps, shop stewards

Feb 7, 2012

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

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Wisconsin unions in life or death fight to recall Governor Walker

Jan 31, 2012

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

Workers Rights

Vancouver Hilton to be converted to office space

Jan 3, 2012

Vancouver Hilton managers get carried away campaigning against a boycott.

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