Workforce – Page 3

Battling a labor shortage

By Denise Ruttan — Posted May 3, 2016

Oregon growers use various strategies to find and keep the workers that are essential to running a successful nursery.

The chicken or the egg?

By Leigh Geschwill — Posted March 1, 2016

OAN President Leigh Geschwill discusses the economic dilemma posed by raising Oregon’s minimum wage.

The debate on the minimum wage

By Jeff Stone — Posted December 1, 2015

If the price of labor in Oregon continues to escalate well beyond other states, the nursery industry will be at a disadvantage.

Oregon minimum wage will not increase in 2016

By Peter Szymczak — Posted September 21, 2015

Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian announced last week that the minimum wage will remain unchanged next year because the consumer price index (CPI), a measure of inflation and a key economic indicator, was almost unchanged. By law, Oregon’s minimum wage is tied to the CPI. The CPI rose .02 percent, according to annual economic numbers released by the federal government, […]

My day with José

By Jeff Stone — Posted May 1, 2015

OAN Executive Director Jeff Stone gains newfound respect for fieldworkers after spending two days working beside them.

The connection between safety and wellness

By Deb Fell-Carlson — Posted April 1, 2015

Research shows that a worker with healthy diet and exercise habits will be safer in the workplace.

Congressional standoff over immigration policy ends

By Curt Kipp — Posted March 3, 2015

U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday waved the white flag on a Republican attempt to nix the president’s executive actions on immigration.

Homeland Security shutdown looms (Updated)

By Curt Kipp — Posted February 27, 2015

The U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives are facing a midnight Friday (Feb. 27) deadline to extend funding for the federal Department of Homeland Security and avert a shutdown of that agency.

U.S. House votes to overturn executive orders on immigration

By Curt Kipp — Posted January 14, 2015

The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to allow the deportation of individuals who would otherwise be protected by recent executive branch policies.

Farmworker housing nonprofit gains new executive director

By Curt Kipp — Posted January 12, 2015

Ann Blaker has been named the new executive director of Bienestar, the Hillsboro, Oregon-based nonprofit that owns and operates affordable housing properties serving farmworkers and the working poor.