Justice organizations push for overtime pay for Oregon farmworkers
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A panel from Pineros Y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste on Tuesday urged legislators to pass legislation that would require Oregon farmers to pay overtime.
Panelists included Ramon Ramirez, a founding member and former president of PCUN; Nkenge Harmon Johnson, president and CEO of the Urban League of Portland; and Eric Richardson, executive director of the Lane County NAACP. Sharon Gary-Smith, president of Portland s NAACP,
moderated the discussion.
If House Bill 2358 passes, agricultural workers would only be able to work more than 40 hours in one workweek if their employer guaranteed overtime pay at one and one-half times the worker’s regular rate of pay per hour or one and one-half times the regular price for all work done on a piece-rate basis.
U.S. Rep. Susan Wild remembered slain Wawa shooting victim Ramon Ramirez of Allentown during a brief speech on the floor of the House of Representatives.
S.I. man thought his wife was cheating and wanted suspected lover killed. Plot failed, but he’s headed to prison.
Updated May 12, 2021;
Posted May 12, 2021
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Ramon Ramirez’s lawyer told a federal judge at a sentencing hearing on Wednesday that his client is “generous to a fault.”
Ramirez has let homeless people stay in his house, said attorney Matthew J. Kluger. He’s given others money.
Ramirez’s wife, whose suspected lover he was convicted of conspiring to kill, had even sent a letter of support to the court.
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