By Julia Shumway | Editor
Happy Labor Day, Oregon! We’re off, but have a story and a commentary for you. Stateline writer Kevin Hardy looks at the state of unions across the U.S., while commentator Kathy Lara shares how union membership and action have helped some Oregon workers. The full crew will be back tomorrow for legislative days at the Capitol.
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By Kevin Hardy | Stateline
Members of Virginia Professional Firefighters association hold signs during their biannual convention in May to protest Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s veto of collective bargaining legislation. New research found a significant spike in labor union membership, but growth is highly dependent upon state politics. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury)
Labor union membership continues to climb in the United States, though the increase remains sharply divided by the politics of individual states.
By Kathy Lara
“I love these patients, but it’s really hard to go home and not be able to provide for your family,” said Dwanna Tarpio, a worker at Serenity Hospice in Eugene. Fed up with wages that didn’t pay enough for the physically and emotionally hard work they perform, Dwanna and her colleagues decided to form a union.
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