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Hundreds of California’s incarcerated firefighters will see an increase in pay, a new death benefit and a faster path to expungement of their criminal records under laws Gov. Gavin Newsom signed.
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Foreign seasonal workers that come to work at Pacific Northwest farms will soon earn less in hourly wages.
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Experts doubt the effectiveness of ‘no tax on tips,’ especially for California workers who are facing cuts in other benefits.
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Some farmworkers say they’re making less money, not more. And growers say they can’t afford to pay the overtime.
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The new reforms come at a time when Oregon’s annual minimum wage increase clocked in as the smallest rise in the past ten years.
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Nearly a third of Cal/OSHA positions were vacant last year. A new state audit found that caused the agency to skip in-person inspections, even when workers were injured.
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The surprising setback came after one of SB 916’s sponsors flipped his position.
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One of this year’s most contentious construction bills, Senate Bill 426 has passed through the Oregon Senate. It’s on its way to the floor of the state House.
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The pioneering bill squeaked through one chamber of the Legislature in Salem, but there were some Democratic dissenters.
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Senate Bill 916 has been one of the most hotly debated bills of this year’s legislative session.
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The strike, which is one of the largest health care worker labor actions in state history, included thousands of nurses at all eight Providence hospitals in the state.
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This is the second attempt to bring the strike to an end. An earlier proposed deal was rejected by nurses at all eight Providence hospitals in the state.
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Officials at Providence Health and Services have agreed to return to negotiations with a union representing nearly 5,000 nurses across eight hospitals statewide.
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Oregon's largest hospital system cited the length of the strike in a notice to nurses who've walked out from eight hospitals. The union accused Providence of delaying after members voted down a tentative deal.