The union representing thousands of Oregon state workers has reached a tentative new contract with state officials that will provide pay increases and a one-time payment for workers as well as address ...

Melissa Unger is loud. The longtime Oregon organized labor leader has a voice and presence that fill a room, including for years almost any room where the state’s most powerful elected leaders forge ...

SEIU 503 Executive Director Melissa Unger organized members and employees of the state transportation department at the Oregon Capitol on Aug. 29, 2025, to press lawmakers to pass critical funding ...

SALEM, Ore. — Nearly 85% of the state employees who got an extension to meet Oregon Governor Kate Brown's Executive Order on vaccinations are fully vaccinated ahead of the deadline on Tuesday, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Melissa Unger knows a lot about strawberries. She and her family grow them on their Cornelius farm that’s been going for more than 110 years. Other things grow at the Unger ...

What was once one of the largest, most effective grassroots political groups in Oregon—and an incubator for budding politicos—quietly turned out the lights earlier this month. On Oct. 9, the Oregon ...

REMOTE WORKER TRAVEL BILL BLOCKED: Senate Bill 853, which would prohibit the state from paying travel expenses for state employees who have relocated to other states, appeared to have a clear path to ...