Portland Tribune
Lawmakers convened this month for Oregon’s 2016 legislative session, and one of the most heavily anticipated issues they are addressing is Oregon’s minimum wage.
Portland Tribune
Lawmakers convened this month for Oregon’s 2016 legislative session, and one of the most heavily anticipated issues they are addressing is Oregon’s minimum wage.
The Oregonian
SALEM — The Oregon Senate approved monumental increases to the minimum wage Thursday night, a major breakthrough on what's become the defining issue of the legislative session.
The Oregonian
SALEM — Senate Democrats' minimum wage plan cleared its first legislative hurdle Friday when a committee swiftly sent it to the floor for a vote of the full chamber.
The Oregonian
SALEM — Powerful left-leaning groups lined up behind Gov. Kate Brown's new minimum wage plan Tuesday, tepidly offering support for $14.50 in Portland and $13.25 statewide.
The Oregonian
The new year is a time to reflect on what's come before us — and politics is no exception.
The Oregonian
Starting next summer, Portland's job market could be more welcoming to ex-offenders hoping to put their criminal history behind them and find a new job.
NW Labor Press
The labor-community coalition that helped pass Oregon’s paid sick leave law this year announced Nov. 12 that it will push a minimum wage increase and tougher laws on wage theft and racial profiling when the Oregon Legislature meets again in February 2016.
KATU
Oregon's current minimum wage is $9.25 an hour; two groups are working to get ballot measures before voters in 2016 that, over time, would boost the state's minimum wage to either $13.50 an hour or $15 an hour.
The Oregonian
Residents on Tuesday urged Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to put her full weight behind a new state law to curb police profiling.
The Oregonian
Gov. Kate Brown signed legislation Monday aimed at curbing profiling by police.
Statesman Journal
Legislation that would create a state-sponsored retirement savings program is heading to Gov. Kate Brown for final approval.
NW Labor Press
Portland Mercury
There's an ally for minimum wage earners in the House: Speaker Tina Kotek!
The Oregonian
The Oregon House on Friday gave final legislative approval to a controversial bill requiring employers with 10 or more workers to give them up to five paid sick days a year.
Jefferson Public Radio
If you don't feel well enough to come to work, you call in sick and stay home until you feel better. That's the ideal situation.
The Oregonian
Salem - Ten Democratic lawmakers and their allies expressed frustration Tuesday at the Legislature's failure to pass a statewide paid sick-leave bill.