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Month: May 2022

Analysis

A sign that the working class is rising

May 23, 2022

Two decades of Gallup polls show a trend: Americans are increasingly calling themselves “working class” again. 

International

Chinese crew freed from ship docked at Longview

May 18, 2022

An international union federation and the U.S. Coast Guard helped 12 Chinese crew members leave a ship they’d been on for 14 months.

Politics

Oregon primary early results

May 18, 2022

Oregon unions looked celebrate a night of electoral victories when this issue went to press May 17, election night. 

Culture

Construction unions push for job site culture shift

May 18, 2022

Two years after a noose incident on a downtown Portland job site, signs of change are percolating in the construction industry.

National

Lawmakers look to boost NLRB funding

May 18, 2022

With labor activity on the rise this year, 40 U.S. senators say the National Labor Relations Board needs more funding to keep up.

Collective Bargaining

Longview newspaper ratifies first union contract

May 18, 2022

Hammered out in 10 months, the union’s first contract with newspaper owner Lee Enterprises will be up in a year.

Workers Rights

Starbucks charged with extensive labor law violations

May 18, 2022

The complaint brings together a slew of charges the union Workers United filed against Starbucks from November 2021 through April 2022.

Workers Rights

Eugene Starbucks workers go on strike

May 18, 2022

Baristas shut down stores to protest the company’s anti-union stance in the Pacific Northwest and nationally.

Politics

Senators to CEO Schultz: Stop your union-busting

May 18, 2022

Starbucks’ boss says only nonunion stores will get raises. Lawmakers called him out for his attempts to dissuade unionizing.

Union Organizing

First Portland Starbucks votes are a blowout for the union

May 18, 2022

Eleven Starbucks in Oregon and 71 across the country have unionized, and the number is increasing by the day.

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