New Jersey and New York are the only states that currently allow striking workers to collect unemployment. The legislation ...

The pioneering bill squeaked through one chamber of the Legislature in Salem, but there were some Democratic dissenters.

The bill would barely impact the state’s unemployment fund, they say: The Oregon Employment Department estimated that if ...

The Oregon State Senate passed Senate Bill 916 on Thursday morning, advancing the legislation to the Oregon House of ...

Oregon’s unemployment rate is up 0.3% since January of 2024, reaching the highest levels since September of 2021, according ...

Oregon’s unemployment rate climbed to 4.4% in January, its highest level in more than three years, even though the state continued to add jobs overall. The state had nearly 118,000 unemployed workers ...

Hundreds of striking workers line the road outside of Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, in Portland, Ore., Jan. 10, 2025. Oregon lawmakers are co weighing a bill that would allow striking workers ...

Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.4% in January and 4.3%, as revised, in December, after rising gradually over the past year ...

Washington state has seen at least 720 claims ... of things like that," said Lindsi Leahy, director of Oregon Employment Department's unemployment insurance division. "It is possible to see ...

How SB 916 would impact the state’s unemployment fund if passed has been a key question. The Oregon Employment Department analyzed strike activity over the last decade in an attempt to answer ...