Monthly Archives: August, 2019

Union Organizing

Following nine firings, Little Big Burger stays non-union

Workers at Portland burger chain Little Big Burger voted 41 to 29 to stay non-union in an election that the company asked the National Labor Relations Board to hold.

Collective bargaining

SEIU deal with Oregon includes 10-15% raises

The new two-year union contract covers 24,000 state employees.

Collective bargaining

AFSCME Local 328 declares impasse at OHSU

A strike authorization vote will be held Aug. 19-29 if a settlement hasn’t been reached.

Union Organizing

Legacy appeals nurses’ union victory at Unity Center for Behavioral Health

The non-profit hospital chain is rolling the dice hoping the Trump labor board will strike down a union win.

Workers Rights

Protest: Fred Meyer underpays women employees

A July 24 Oregon AFL-CIO rally at Fred Meyer called on the public to shop somewhere else.

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NW Labor Press

Northwest Labor Press is an independent union-supported newspaper founded in 1900. Our print version is mailed twice a month to about 45,000 members of over three dozen local unions in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Our online version has been maintained here since 1997.

Our staff are represented by: