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Cal Fire firefighters tend to earn less money than their counterparts in city fire departments. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law meant to narrow the gap.
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Oregon’s seven public universities reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the classified workers' union just before the union was set to strike.
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Manufacturing and food-processing losses weighed on Coos County, while neighboring Curry County’s employment changed little over the year.
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More than 100 college women’s basketball players across the country have signed on to create unions, starting with a push from 10 members of OSU’s team petitioning the university to recognize them as a bargaining unit.
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Klamath Community College and its union for classified employees are waiting for a ruling from a judge over an unfair labor practice complaint that was filed in January.
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Brain sensors are advancing, and California companies, lawmakers and unions are jockeying to shape how the resulting data can be used.
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The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to hire more foresters, forestry technicians, land surveyors and heavy equipment operators to increase timber sales in Oregon.
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Thousands of state workers reported to work in-person this week as Governor Gavin Newsom’s return to office (RTO) mandate for state employees took effect.
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The state flew in a federal highway official to interview for the job last month. It didn’t work out.
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Climatologists are predicting an active fire season after a dry winter. Firefighters around the west are standing ready. That includes crews at California’s only smokejumper base.
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For the past year, Oregon's unemployment rate has fluctuated very little as the state — and the nation — has remained in what economists call a low-hire, low-fire environment.
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In an AI executive order, the governor called on state officials to study everything from job subsidies to stock compensation policies to mitigate tech-driven layoffs.
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The increase of remote work has altered California’s labor landscape, potentially presenting challenges for workers to get certain in-state jobs and, at the same time, adjust to the state’s high cost of living.
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The Trump administration is making it easier for farmers to get visas for guest farmworkers. But it might not lead to a drastic uptick in foreign workers in the Northwest – at least not right away.