Jobs - Willamette Week

In an Economic Crisis, the Portland Clean Energy Fund Is Sitting on $113 Million

Anna Johnson Says Oregon’s Unemployment Trust Fund Now Has the State’s Largest Payroll

She authored an historically bleak jobs report.

5 Side Hustles That Can Boost Your Income During Quarantine

We found an app that helps you find gigs during the shutdown.

Portland Labor Group Says New Seasons’s Sale to South Korean Company Breaks a Promise to Workers

Local labor organization Portland Jobs With Justice yesterday criticized New Seasons’ sale Good Food Holdings, the U.S. subsidiary of a South Korean company.

Oregon’s Rural Counties Haven’t Recovered From the Great Recession, Report Finds

A new report finds that rural Oregonians aren’t sharing in the booming economy in the state’s urban centers.

Environmental Group Plays Hardball With Oregon Senator Who Defected From Carbon Cap

Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson, a retired nurse from Gresham, Oregon, was the quiet vote that caused Senate Democrats to concede the cap-and-trade bill.

Gov. Kate Brown Says She Is Prepared to Use Executive Powers to Push Carbon Cap Legislation

The contentious cap and trade bill that caused Republicans to flee the Senate for nine days was effectively pronounced dead on Saturday. But it may have a chance at resuscitation.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Says She’ll Call the Cops and Schedule a Special Session if Republican Senators Walk Out to Stop Cap-and-Trade Bill

One Republican replies: “If you send the state police to get me, Hell’s coming to visit you personally.”

Layoffs at Stimson Lumber Are Part of a Wrenching Shift in How Oregonians Work in the Forest

The takeaway from layoffs at Stimson Lumber: Forest products jobs are being replace by tourism jobs that pay a lot less.

Stimson Lumber Announces It’s Pulling Timber Jobs Out of Oregon, in Rebuke to New Taxes and Carbon Caps

The company’s CEO, Andrew Miller, has long bridled at Democratic tax and environmental policies.

Willamette Week

Most Read