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OIT/ Wikimedia Commons/Classes could resume as soon as Wednesday morning. -
Holly Dillemuth / JPR News/The faculty union and university administration say a deal could come "any day now," but the union insists that, until then, the strike will continue.
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OIT’s faculty union has declared its intent to strike. The university says the union has not acted in good faith. -
If a strike does occur, it would be the first-ever faculty strike at an Oregon public university.
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The PRO Act would provide protections to workers trying to organize, limiting what companies can do to disrupt union membership campaigns. The bill is unlikely to advance in the Senate.
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About 73% of farmworkers said they would get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible, but vaccination clinics at farm worksites are still infrequent and reliant on scarce supply.
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As of this week, Oregon has administered one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine. But Governor Brown’s plan designates that grocery workers in Oregon aren’t eligible for vaccination until May 1st.
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Changes were underway even before pandemic
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Problems within the state agency have left tens of thousands of newly unemployed Oregonians waiting weeks and months for benefits in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The rules that have governed Oregon’s unemployment system for decades were upended last month when Congress passed the CARES Act.
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Unemployment was low and wages were rising when the coronavirus became a concern. Now the stock market has crashed, quarantines and social distancing are…
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Several hundred public employees of Jackson County could soon go on strike over longstanding disagreements over health coverage and pay. The union…
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Remember when you could graduate from high school, get a job at the local factory, and make decent money there until you retired? Few people do in today's…
