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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

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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Workers Rights

Crackdown at St. Charles Medical Center

Jan 3, 2012

St. Charles Medical Center in Bend sounds like a dictatorship in a case filed by SEIU Local 49.

Workers Rights

OSPIRG fundraiser fires pro-union workers

Dec 28, 2011

Workers at Fund for the Public Interest’s Portland call center voted in October to unionize.

Workers Rights

JWJ picks Dosha as 2011 “Scrooge of the Year”

Dec 14, 2011

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

Workers Rights

Parry Center workers reject campaign to bust their union

Dec 9, 2011

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

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MetroWest fires another pro-Teamster worker

Nov 30, 2011

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

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