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Union Organizing

Starbucks Portland closure: Timing smacks of union busting

Aug 4, 2022

Workers have been raising safety concerns at a Portland Starbucks for years, but the company only took action days before a union election.

Collective Bargaining

Paper giant improves its offer after nine-day strike

Aug 3, 2022

Graphic Packaging workers had gone without general raises since their previous contract ended Feb. 28, 2020.

Culture

Labor Day Picnics return for 2022

Aug 3, 2022

After a COVID hiatus, Labor Day picnics organized by central labor councils (CLCs) are mostly back this year and are set for Monday, Sept. 5.

National

NLRB says union elections are up by 58%

Aug 3, 2022

The spike in new organizing activity is straining a labor board that’s already short-staffed and underfunded.

Job Training

Utility line workers compete at Lineman Rodeo

Aug 3, 2022

The contest tests utility line workers for speed, safety and trade skills, and raises money for the Oregon Burn Center.

Union Organizing

Workers at Portland pet and garden store go union

Aug 3, 2022

Workers at Fang! Pet & Garden Supply and Salty’s Pet Supply in Portland voted 13-0 to unionize with ILWU Local 5, in ballots counted July 19.

Union Organizing

UPS hires union buster… at unit of five employees

Aug 3, 2022

The parcel delivery giant flew in a Florida-based union buster to try to talk workers out of unionizing with Teamsters Local 670.

Collective Bargaining

OPB workers enter second month without contract

Aug 3, 2022

Management at OPB had an interesting wage proposal for 26 workers represented by SEIU Local 503: No raises for the next three years.

Union Organizing

Union votes scheduled at three New Seasons stores

Aug 3, 2022

Workers at New Seasons Market stores in Portland and Hillsboro will be mailed ballots this month for three separate union organizing efforts.

Union Organizing

Bistro workers: We’ve been plucked for too long

Aug 3, 2022

At the French bistro Alouette PDX, under-staffing and a lack of management support proved to be the perfect recipe for workers to launch a union drive.

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