The Pacific Northwest will play host to a regional and national summit on immigration reform next Thursday, Aug. 12. As co-chairman of the Coalition for a Working Oregon, OAN Director of Government Relations Jeff Stone will moderate the first segment of the summit on the topic “The State of Play: How Things Stand in Washington, […]
Wage and hour law seminar is next Tuesday
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View Larger MapAgricultural employers are invited to attend a refresher meeting next Tuesday, May 25, on wage and hour law. It’s being conducted by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries and will last from 6-8 p.m. in the PGE Community Room, 2079 Progress Way, Woodburn, Ore. Topics covered will include minimum wage, piece-rate work, […]
Writer breaks down the immigration issue
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From reporter Dan Wheat in the Capital Press (Salem, Ore.), Thursday, May 13, 2010: If illegal immigration was an easy issue it would have been solved by now. For most of us who are not immersed in the subject it is easy to adopt the sound bite of the side we lean toward. It’s much […]
OAN secretary featured in lunchtime panel on workforce issues
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There will be a luncheon on “Regional Competitiveness and Latino Integration: Developing Our Workforce,” from noon-2 p.m. next Friday, March 12, at the World Trade Center, 121 S.W. Salmon Street, Portland, Ore. (Directions.) Keynote speakers will include Oregon Speaker of the House Dave Hunt and Portland mayor Sam Adams. Additionally, OAN secretary Gary Furr of […]
Oregonian: Agricultural labor still a problem
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In case you missed it, the Nov. 7 edition of The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) business page had a feature article on labor shortages that nurseries and others in agriculture are still encountering, even in spite of the sour economy and high unemployment. Those interviewed included Bob Terry of Fisher Farms in Gaston, Ore., and […]
Napolitano calls for comprehensive immigration reform
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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano made a major speech on Friday announcing the Obama Administration’s commitment to comprehensive immigration reform: Let me be clear: when I talk about “immigration reform,” I’m referring to what I call the “three-legged stool” that includes a commitment to serious and effective enforcement, improved legal flows for families […]
Minimum wage stays as is for 2010
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Nurseries have many issues to be concerned with in this economy, but a higher minimum wage will not be one of them – at least, not this year. Oregon Secretary of Labor Brad Avakian announced today that the Oregon minimum wage will remain at $8.40 an hour for 2010. By law, the wage automatically goes up […]
25,000 more H-2B visas made available
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced last week that more than 25,000 additional H-2B guest worker visas are now available for the 2009 filing period. Petitions will be accepted immediately. The agency had announced way back in January that all 66,000 visas allocated for fiscal 2009 were already spoken for, nine months before the […]
An attorney’s view
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Yesterday, we promised you analysis. Today, here it is. Labor law attorney Ron Guerra takes a look at how the end of the No Match Rule – and the administration’s concurrent support for the E-Verify program – will affect employers.
No Match Rule to be rescinded in favor of E-Verify
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When the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (under the Bush Administration) announced its Social Security No Match Rule in August 2007, there was immediate concern about its unfair and far-reaching impacts on employers and workers. The rule intended to crack down on illegal workers, and employers who knowingly hire them, by requiring employers to take […]
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