Nabisco Strike Highlights Manufacturing's Growing Pains
Offshoring jobs has created anxiety among labor, as well as tensions between businesses and unions.
- Published in Manufacturing
Study Ranks Oregon Best State to Work in the Country — and No. 1 for Working Women
The 2021 report from Oxfam America cites progressive policies and COVID-19 protections .
- Published in Nonprofit
“Every Day Feels Like a Weekend”
Visitors return to Oregon, providing relief for storefronts and assuaging post-pandemic fears.
- Published in Travel and Transportation
OSHA Investigating 117 Workplace Complaints Made Due to Heat Wave
Five Oregonians died during record-shattering temperatures — though only two have been linked to heat.
- Published in Energy and Environment
Coastal Labor Shortage Highlights Bigger Problems
Businesses go to great lengths to attract workers in preparation for the summer.
- Published in Travel and Transportation
‘Virus Exposes Inequality in Economy’
The president of Oregon AFL-CIO discusses how Covid-19 has upended the lives of working people and how the labor movement is advocating for change.
- Published in Politics
The Organizer
The newly elected president of the Oregon AFL-CIO shares insight into why unions have surged back to life and where the movement is headed.
- Published in Politics
Are Unions Back?
How a newly engaged workforce, high cost of living, and social media brought struggling labor unions surging back to life.
- Published in Economy and Finance