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Janitors in downtown Portland have received a unique certification that signals they're going green. Six janitors were certified through the green janitor education program, a 30-hour curriculum that focuses on energy, water and environmental sustainability standards and green practices. Maggie Long is executive director of the Service Employees International Union Local 49, which represents janitors in Portland. ...

Today is Workers Memorial Day, honoring people who died while on the job, and events are planned across Washington state to mark the day. Tina Morrison, secretary-treasurer of the Spokane Regional Labor Council, which is holding a ceremony for workers on Saturday, said 106 workers died in Washington state from preventable illness or injury in 2021. "Our vision is that no worker should be exposed to illness," Morrison asserted. " ...

As the weather warms up, tourists will flock to South Dakota to visit sites like Mount Rushmore, stopping at restaurants along the way. As they sit down to eat, they may not realize a new national survey found women working in the hospitality field describe a worsening environment of harassment and wage theft. The findings are from the group One Fair Wage. ...

"On a good day, about 40% of restaurant workers live in poverty. That number is about to go way higher."

More than a million workers have left the restaurant industry since the beginning of the pandemic. Low wages may be one factor: Seven out of ten of the lowest-paid jobs in the workforce are in the restaurant industry. One Fair Wage, an organization that aims to end the subminimum wage, conducted a survey in May