Bob Rossi
LATEST ARTICLES BY Bob Rossi
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Politics
Progressives in Oregon’s Willamette Valley battle for immigrant rights
August 6, 2018The Trump win in 2016 has had a particularly bad effect on Willamette Valley towns like Woodburn where immigrant workers are employed in agriculture and in tree planting.
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Politics
Immigrant, labor, and abortion rights at stake in Oregon elections
July 30, 2018Groups are campaigning against Ballot Measure 105, legislation that would repeal Oregon’s so-called “sanctuary status,” in place now since 1987.
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Labor
City workers in Salem, Oregon negotiate first post-Janus contract
July 20, 2018The city has been caught skirting the law on several occasions and the number of grievances being filed over simple issues has soared.
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Environment
Farmworkers say new Oregon pesticide standards only benefit growers
July 20, 2018Ramon Ramirez, a farmworker leader in Oregon, says “the rule changes favor the growers rather than the people who pick the crops."
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U.S.
Oregon joins nationwide rallies to support immigrant struggle
July 2, 2018Tens of thousands marched for immigrant rights on Saturday, and in Salem more than 700 people joined in.
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U.S.
Oregon activists challenge immigrant detentions and local prison-based economy
June 26, 2018The small town of Sheridan was the scene of a hard-fought lumber workers strike in 1910, won largely by the IWW. Today, it's immigrant solidarity action that has people on the move.
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Politics
“When Democrats forget working-class people, we lose!”
June 15, 2018That phrase was repeated several times at the opening of IBEW member Mike Ellison's campaign for Oregon's District 19 House seat.
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U.S.
Oregon turns out for Claudia Gómez, protests ICE abuse
June 5, 2018The Salem-Woodburn area was forecast to be a center for ICE enforcement more than a year ago. Only good organizing and community awareness has prevented that so far.
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