Kaiser has counter-offered a much smaller one-time market adjustment for the Oregon and Washington nurses. Kaiser’s market adjustment offer, combined with the across-the-board wage increases being bargained at the national level, would amount to a 27% total increase in wages over the four years, Karman said.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Thousands of healthcare workers at Providence hospitals and clinics throughout Oregon have authorized a strike that, if called, could be the first doctors’ strike in state history. Nearly 5,000 nurses, doctors, and other ...

It's a program that can help workers injured on-the-job return to meaningful work. Charity Steffen, Employment Services Team Manager with the Oregon Workers’ Co

In a Thursday decision from the Oregon Supreme Court, the justices upheld the Oregon Court of Appeals overruling of a state Workers’ Compensation Board decision. The agency had denied an independent examination to a man working in a meat snack company ...

“Federal employees that are furloughed very well may qualify for unemployment benefits,” said Cami Feek, commissioner at the Washington state Employment Security Department. But workers should prepare to pay back any benefits they receive when the shutdown ends and they eventually receive those federal wages.

If you're employed in Oregon, Ombuds for Oregon Workers can help with everything from workers compensation claims to health and safety concerns! Barbra Anderson ...