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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.

National

House re-passes the PRO Act

Mar 18, 2021

The U.S. House passed the PRO Act—labor’s top priority—March 9. Five Republicans joined all but one Democrat voting yes.

Workers Rights

Right to work bill gets pummeled in Montana Legislature

Mar 3, 2021

For Montana’s labor movement, it was a fight for life: Union foes thought they’d pass “right to work” given a 2-1 Republican House majority.

National

A fix for America’s broken labor law

Feb 17, 2021

Congress may soon consider the most game-changing pro-union legislation in 80 years. The PRO Act would restore workers’ right to unionize.

National

New NLRB acting attorney backs off lawsuit against Scabby the Rat

Feb 17, 2021

The previous general counsel, a management-side labor lawyer appointed by Trump, tried to muzzle Scabby the Rat as soon as he took office.

Workers Rights

Seattle mandates $4 per hour COVID pay boost for grocery workers

Feb 4, 2021

In an 8-0 vote Jan. 25, Seattle City Council ordered large grocery stores to pay $4 an hour hazard pay til the end of the COVID-19 emergency.

Oregon

ATU fights to save apprenticeship, and win back the right to strike

Feb 4, 2021

SB 690, a bill introduced by Oregon State Senator Chris Gorsek, would restore the right to strike for public transit workers like bus drivers.

Workers Rights

Oregon’s prevailing wage law investigated

Jan 13, 2021

A new study finds that Oregon’s prevailing wage law raises the wages of workers on public construction projects, but not the project cost.

Union Organizing

Oregon Justice Department says legislative workers can’t unionize

Jan 12, 2021

Legislative aides don’t have the right to unionize after all, says Oregon’s Attorney General in objections on behalf of the Legislature.

Workers Rights

Oregon Governor Kate Brown proposes more money for labor law enforcement

Dec 30, 2020

Oregon Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle is asking for an additional 25 full-time staff. The governor’s recommended budget proposes to add 11.

Workers Rights

Les Schwab Tires pays workers $16 million for missed breaks

Dec 16, 2020

A lawsuit said Les Schwab routinely shorted workers on lunch breaks. Oregon law requires an uninterrupted meal break of at least 30 minutes.

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