Category Archives: Oregon Jobs Lost

Study Reveals Record Trade-Related Job Loss in Oregon

For Immediate Release Tuesday, June 29, 2010 NEW STUDY: Trade-Related Job Loss a Significant Factor in Oregon’s High Unemployment Rate Labor Department Data Suggests More Than a Quarter of the Past Year’s Job Losses Were Due to Trade Policies OREGON … Continue reading

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Senator Urged to Change Trade Policies that Offshore Oregon Jobs

For Immediate Release February 18, 2010 Labor Advocates and the Unemployed Urge Senator to Change Trade Policies that Cost Oregon Jobs Senator Ron Wyden Chairs the Subcommittee in Charge of U.S. Trade Policy PORTLAND, OR — Labor advocates and the … Continue reading

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Trade Pacts Cost Oregon Over 74,000 Jobs

For Immediate Release October 28, 2008 BUSINESS AND LABOR: Trade Pacts Cost Oregon Over 74,000 Jobs New Report Documents the Impact of Offshoring and Foreign Competition in Communities throughout the State; Estimates 74,500 Jobs Lost Portland, OR — A new report … Continue reading

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279,000 Oregon Jobs Vulnerable to Offshoring

For Immediate Release October 3, 2008 Nearly 1-in-5 Oregon Jobs Are Vulnerable to Offshoring, Study Finds Candidates Asked to Support Policies that Keep Jobs in Oregon Portland, OR — Nearly one-and-five Oregon jobs are vulnerable to being sent overseas, according … Continue reading

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Trade Pacts Cost Oregon Over 10,000 Forest Products Jobs

For Immediate Release August 13, 2008 NEW ANALYSIS: Trade Agreements Cost Oregon Over 10,000 Forest Products Jobs Southern Oregon Is Hardest Hit with Over 3,500 Forest Products Jobs Lost Medford, OR — A new analysis of U.S. Labor Department data … Continue reading

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