Mother Jones
The plan includes immigrants, transgender and gender-nonconforming people, and the uninsured.
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KPTV
PORTLAND - Hundreds of people came together on Thursday to say there is no space for hate in the state of Oregon.
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Mail Tribune
We’ve all seen it happen many times in Southern Oregon. Someone starts a business. They have a good plan and a good product or service. But the business doesn’t survive because there just aren’t enough customers with money to spare.
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The Oregonian
SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown signed historic increases to the minimum wage into law Wednesday, claiming a major win for Democrats and promising to uplift the working poor.
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The Skanner
Have you experienced racial profiling recently while driving in the state of Oregon?
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CBS News
SALEM, Ore. -- Oregon lawmakers have approved landmark legislation that propels the state's minimum wage for all workers to the highest rank in the U.S., and does so through an unparalleled tiered system based on geography.
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The Oregonian
SALEM — The Oregon House on Thursday approved historic increases to the minimum wage, rebuffing outcries from businesses to deliver what could become the highest statewide rate in nation.
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NW Labor Press
To an out-of-work union tile-setter from Las Vegas, the promise of four months of work at a Tigard, Oregon, Embassy Suites sounded enticing. Las Vegas construction work had all but dried up for Bricklayers and Allied Crafts Local 13.
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Bend Bulletin
If bill creating three-tiered minimum wage passes House, governor says she’ll sign it
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Oregonian
The new year is a time to reflect on what's come before us — and politics is no exception.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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