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Near the close of NW Oregon Labor Council’s Oct. 23 delegates meeting, Mark Sturbois was called to the front for a surprise ceremony.

The Natural Resources Defense Council is one of many national green groups whose staffs have unionized in recent years.

More than a year out from Election Day 2024, campaign finance reports for tri-state area congressional candidates show big investments from individual donors and political action committees tied to certain

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has asked Michigan lawmakers to give all workers in the state some "breathing room" by creating a new program to offer them paid family and medical leave. The legislation is expected to come up for a vote and advocacy groups say its much needed. ...

The workers went on a half-day strike Monday afternoon, with many supporters standing outside the New York Times building Monday afternoon.

Steven Sunderman 1946-2023 Steven Roger Sunderman lost his battle with Mesothelioma on October 23, 2023 at his home in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Steve was a real Wyoming man. He had the

Latinos make up 32.5% of Arizonas population and a recent webinar looked at the important role Latinos play in shaping the U.S. economy. According to the Latino Policy and Politics Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles - not only do Latinos have a high labor participation rate in the state of Arizona, they also are more likely to own a home relative to the average U.S. ...

Inadequate diaper supply can jeopardize Utahns ability to advance financially. That is according to Vic Velivis, the founder and executive director of the Utah Diaper Bank. Velivis was instrumental in helping the Community Action Partnership of Utah apply for a grant earlier this year from the U.S. ...

At the start of the year Apple agreed to let its board of directors to oversee an independent audit of its US labor practices after five investors with $7 billion in company stock raised concerns about the unfair treatment of workers trying to unionize. Now workers at two Apple Stores wrote to t

Xbox management shared pictures of their visit to Blizzard's offices, the first such visit after Microsoft finalized their acquisition.