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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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Workers Rights

Common, and illegal: Rules banning employees from discussing wages with their co-workers run afoul of federal labor law

Jul 16, 2010

Sharing information about wages, benefits, and working conditions is a protected right, even in nonunion workplaces.

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Workers Rights

Oregon’s Worker Freedom Act survives court challenge

May 21, 2010

Oregon’s Worker Freedom Act has survived its first court challenge. In a May 6 ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mosman dismissed a lawsuit by two business groups that wanted the union-authored state law struck

Union Organizing

NLRB rules BrucePac firings broke federal labor law

May 7, 2010

BrucePac broke labor law when it fired workers for supporting a union campaign, says a federal judge.

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Workers Rights

Laborers union campaign at BrucePac becomes test case

Apr 2, 2010

By DON McINTOSH, Associate Editor Two business groups, Associated Oregon Industries (AOI) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have chosen a union campaign at Silverton, Oregon, headquartered BrucePac as the test case in their lawsuit

Union Organizing

BrucePac faces NLRB charges in mass firing of pro-union workers

Dec 4, 2009

Cooked meat producer BrucePac fired at least 17 union supporters just weeks into a union campaign.

Collective Bargaining

Labor still reeling from 1981 PATCO strike

Jun 1, 2007

The strike had a broad impact on labor, says Georgetown University history professor Joseph McCartin.

Workers Rights

Portland cabbies stage wildcat strike at Broadway Cab

Sep 21, 2001

In a series of job actions, over 100 Broadway Cab drivers oppose a money grab by the company.

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