May 2022 - Page 2 of 4 - nwLaborPress

Union Organizing

Congressional staffers have long had the right to unionize, in theory. Now, they’re getting the legal protection to do so.

Workers organizing at Amazon, Starbucks, REI, Seattle game maker Paizo, and the animation studio Titmouse recently visited the President.

Some local labor organizations see an argument for hybrid meetings, which incorporate in-person and virtual attendance options.

Jonathon Baker has taken office as president of Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP).

Sheet Metal Institute in Portland was the host this month of the 2022 Northwest Regional Sheet Metal Apprentice Competition.

The Crux Front of the House Employees Union is looking to organize 13 workers at Crux Fermentation Project in Bend.

Gay Lincoln, a retired union machinist who was long active in the civic life of Southwest Washington, died April 30 at age 82.

Victor T. Weekes Sr., a Nabisco worker and longtime officer of Bakers Local 364, died May 7 of multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer.

Matt West, who ran for Congress in the recent Democratic primary, has announced a union effort covering engineers at Intel.

A recent surge in unionizing is bringing awareness to the National Labor Relations Board election process and employers’ anti-union tactics.