Like many people, I was extremely nervous to start my first job. When I got the job, I had also just started my freshman year at college. I was already feeling anxious about the workload I was about to carry. I worked as a student assistant at my university – my...
You’re facing a dilemma—a toxic work environment, a new job opportunity, a seemingly never-ending job search, communication issues with co-workers, or you’re feeling burned out and exhausted. You want to talk about it, but everyone you trust works with you, or they’ve...
CWC has only promoted worker safety and labor rights education. We have had two expungement events and one gardening event where we handed out free weed seedlings to the community 🌱 Instagram is censoring public information once again, but we won’t have it!...
Oregon’s minimum wage increases on July 1, 2022, but the raises will not be the same across the state. The minimum wage increases to $14.75 per hour inside the Portland urban growth boundary, $12.50 per hour in nonurban counties, and $13.50 in other areas of the...
After a year and a half of rulemaking, collaboration, and staunch advocacy by workers and environmental, health, small businesses, and labor activists, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OR OSHA) adopted and published permanent rules to protect...
