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Members of one of Oregon’s largest labor unions successfully gathered enough signatures to force a recall vote of one of the state’s most labor-friendly lawmakers — Rep. Paul Holvey, a Democrat from Eugene.

The recall effort against longtime Rep. Paul Holvey, D-Eugene, could pit some of the state's most potent political forces against each other.

More than 1,000 state government employees joined a union rally at the state Capitol, urging state officials to pay better wages.

Just in time to go home for Memorial Day weekend, legislators bulldozed their way through a bunch of bills at the end of the week to beat the even bigger deluge next week, when there’s a Friday deadline to pass remaining bills through the house where they were introduced.

If you need any more proof of labor’s power in Democratic politics, look no further than the joint conference of the California Labor Federation and the State Building and Construction Trades Council.

Shasta County’s largest bargaining unit will be going on strike on Monday, following an impasse in negotiations with the county over a pay increase. The union represents over 800 county employees across every department.

As hospitals and other health care facilities struggle with staffing shortages, health workers could get a wage increase under a legislative proposal. But some smaller facilities already struggling financially say they can’t afford it.

A California housing law grants generous benefits to builders who agree to only hire union workers. Trouble is, few if any builders found a way to do it.

Workers at the Starbucks coffee shop in Ashland have announced their intent to unionize. They’re the first store in Southern Oregon to do so.

California farmworkers marched 335 miles last year to pressure Gov. Gavin Newsom on a law that would help them unionize. Then the union agreed to give back a key win.

Union members are scheduled to vote on the tentative agreements through Friday, and if they pass by majority vote, the strike ends. But there remains concern and contention over the potential contracts.

Two days before deadline, after vetoing a similar bill last year and resisting months of marches, vigils and posturing, including a note from President Biden, California Governor Gavin Newsom changed his mind on a farmworker labor bill