Oregon has adopted an emergency rule that strengthens requirements for employers to protect workers from extreme heat in what advocates call the nation’s most protective heat rule, following deadly record-high temperatures in the Pacific Northwest and the passing of...
First, the bad news. The Just Enforcement Act (HB 2205) crashed and burned after a bruising work session. This is the bill that would have allowed workers to step into the role of the state and enforce worker protection laws when the state lacks the capacity or will...
A new safety and health guide from Oregon OSHA is intended to help employers and workers in the cannabis industry identify hazards associated with their work and determine how to control them. From the brain of long-time advocate for safety in cannabis, Jeff Jackson,...
My senior research project for the Portland State University Sociology Department was on the blatant racial inequity that exists in the retail cannabis industry. Almost an entire year later, I recently graduated the first ever “Virtual” Business of Cannabis live...
The Daily Beast reported Friday: “Dozens of young White House staffers have been suspended, asked to resign or placed in a remote work program due to past marijuana use, frustrating staffers who were pleased by initial indications from the Biden...
Last Fall, a report from the New York Police Department showed that Anti-Asian hate crimes jumped up 1,900% from the year before. With inequities, injustices and hate faced by multiple communities on a daily basis, many have stepped up asking–what can we do? How...
