These are digital "press clippings" featuring our work, the work of our partners and allies, or issues we feel are close to our hearts:
2025
- June 2025. Capital Press. CORA / Farmworker Housing
- May 2025. Capital Press. Oregon farm labor standards board proposal scrapped for now
- May 2025. OPB. Construction Wage Theft
- April 2025. Capital Press. House passes bill to allow workers more time to file lawsuits
- April 2025. Capital Press. Farmworker housing bill freed from legislative deadlines
- April 2025. Oregonian. Immigration-status retaliation
- April 2025. Capital Press. Oregon H-2A tax relief proposal dies in committee
- March 2025. Willamete Week. Construction wage theft
- February 2025. Oregonian. Oregon farmworker wins damages in unusual discrimination case after company hired foreign laborers
- February 2025. Street Roots. Bill highlights conflict between Oregon farmers, immigrant workers
2024
- December 2024. OPB. BOLI understaffing and budget
- July 2024. Oregonian Spokesman Review. Operator of unregistered Oregon farm labor camp ordered to pay worker more than $100,000
2023
- May, 2023. NW Labor Press. Oregon bill would let workers refuse unsafe work
- April, 2023. Capital Press. Oregon lawmakers strike compromise on right to refuse work
- March, 2023. NW Labor Press. Labor to lawmakers: Workers’ lives matter
- February, 2023. Oregonian. Lawmakers consider stiffer penalties for Oregon businesses that violate workplace safety rules
2022
- October, 2022. Statesman. Oregon's contract labor system leaves farmworkers vulnerable to exploitation
- August, 2022. Stateline. Scorching Summer Tests States’ Workplace Heat Rules
- August, 2022. Capitol Chronicle. Heatwave sparks dozens of worker complaints; 14 suspected deaths
- July, 2022. Capital Chronicle. As fire season begins, new rules protecting workers from heat, smoke are challenged
- June 2022. Oregonian. Business groups challenge Oregon rules meant to protect workers from heat, wildfire smoke
- June 2022. KDRV. Federal lawsuit filed in Medford challenges pending Oregon smoke, heat rules
- June 2022. Labor Press. Oregon OSHA heat and smoke rules official as of July 1
- May, 2022. Tribune. OSHA releases new rules protecting workers from heat, wildfire smoke
- April, 2022. Oregonian. Multnomah County district attorney moves to prosecute employers who intentionally cheat workers out of pay
- March, 2022. Skanner. New Law Shifts More Power to Workers Who Suffer Discrimination, Harassment
- March, 2022. NW Labor Press. Oregon OSHA takes action on heat and smoke
- March, 2022. KATU. Oregon OSHA proposes new safety rules for heat and smoke
- February, 2022. Street Roots. Why is it so hard to unionize? Because the rules favor employers
- February, 2022. Oregonian. Oregon bill would reduce reasons cops can make traffic stops
2018
- August, 2018. Street Roots. The Hands That Feed Us
- April, 2018. National Restaurant News. Workers at 2nd Burgerville unit vote for union
- April, 2018. CBS Money. In a first for fast-food industry, burger chain workers vote to unionize
2017
- December, 2017. Oregon State Bar Bulletin. Over Four Decades, D. Michael Dale has Fought for Workers' Rights
- September 21, 2017. The Root. Plainclothes ICE Agents Who Did Not Identify Themselves Caught on Video Harassing Latino Citizen
2016
- August 10, 2016. Portland Mercury. A Portland Bakery Is Accused of Bilking Its Mostly Immigrant Workers
- August 8, 2016. NW Labor Press. Union-busting bakery accused of wage theft in class-action lawsuit
- February 18, 2016. Street Roots. Timber's Fallen: efforts show promise for working conditions in Oregon forestry (part 3).
- February 17, 2016. NW Labor Notes. Jail time for wage thieves? (part 1)
- February 11, 2016. Street Roots. Timber's fallen: enforcement of forest labor laws spotty, lacks bite (part 2)
- February 5, 2016. Street Roots. Timber's fallen: the plight of immigrant forestry workers (part 1)
- February 2, 2016. Jefferson Public Radio. Oregon lawmakers weigh boosting protections against wage theft.
- January 27, 2016. Portland Biz Journal. Amid $15 minimum battle, 'wage theft' bill gets Oregon lawmakers' attention
- January 25, 2016. KBOO Community Radio. Wage Theft with Michael Dale of the NWJP
- January 15, 2016. RH Reality Check. Oregon labor advocates push wage protections
- January 14, 2016. The Oregonian Online. Pro-worker policies are good for business, too
- January 11, 2016. Public News Service. OR lawmakers asked to do more to fight wage theft
2015
- November 25, 2015. The Oregonian Online. Subway fires 80-hour-a-week worker from 1 job after Oregonian story
- October 14, 2015. The Oregonian Online. Farmworker claims 2 St. Paul businesses wrongly exposed seasonal laborers to pesticides
- July 13, 2015. KGW News. Ore. landscaper rips off clients, owes workers thousands (video)
- June 29, 2015. Blue Oregon. Will Oregon lawmakers coddle thieves?
- June 22, 2015. KGW News. Paycheck alert: Many Ore. workers are victims of 'stolen wages' (video)
- April 17, 2015. GoLocalPDX. The food industry's impact on Portland's economy: see the numbers
- April 15, 2015. Blue Oregon. What's worse than earning Oregon's inadequate minimum wage? Having it stolen
- April 1, 2015. The Newberg Graphic. Wage Theft a growing problem
- March 24, 2015. Tits and Sass, online magazine (NSFW). You cannot consent to being treated illegally: an interview with Corinna Spencer-Scheurich
- March 9, 2015. Portland Mercury. Senate panel hears bill on wage theft
2014
- November 14, 2014. Eugene Weekly Online. Wage Theft
- April 2, 2014. The Oregonian Online. Post traumatic stress, health problems plague workers for years: Teen sexual harassment
- April 1, 2014. The Oregonian Online. Young workers least likely to find help, yet suffer deepest scars: Teen sexual harassment
2013
- June 25, 2013. Portland Mercury. Oregon Lawmakers Pass Anti-Wage Theft Bill