Will Oregon Get a Chunk of CHIPS Act Spending?
The $280B investment package is intended to bolster domestic microchip production, and observers are cautiously optimistic about how the investment will affect Intel and other chip makers
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Ag Overtime Bill Passes, But Farmers’ Groups Say They’ll Keep Fighting.
Some small farmers say Oregon’s new farmworker overtime law has them planning their exit strategy. Others hold out hope for a solution which accommodates them.
Nabisco Strike Highlights Manufacturing’s Growing Pains
Offshoring jobs has created anxiety among labor, as well as tensions between businesses and unions.
Labor scarcity poses headwind for construction companies
We look at labor challenges in the construction sector as part of a new series on the impacts of Oregon’s tight jobs market.