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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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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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Going through the motions in bargaining

Nov 30, 2011

Bus contractor First Student is accused of playing games in bargaining with OSEA at South Umpqua.

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Ambulance contractor fires union supporters

Nov 2, 2011

MetroWest Ambulance, which has a contract with Washington County, has begun firing union supporters.

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Ashland co-op goes gonzo over union drive

Nov 2, 2011

A federal agency is investigating labor law violations at a Southern Oregon food co-op.

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Dosha fires pro-union worker

Oct 5, 2011

A massage therapist is terminated after wearing red feather earrings.

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Excelsior Packaging pays $175,000 to settle charges

Oct 5, 2011

The penalty is for refusing to bargain when it sold its Vancouver factory to Mercury Plastics.

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