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Monthly Archives: November, 2022

Workers Rights

Starbucks fires Portland union organizer

It’s illegal to retaliate against workers for union activity, but Starbucks has been firing union supporters around the country.
Analysis

Union membership worth $1.3 million over lifetime

The $1.3 million difference was greater than the difference between those who did and didn’t attend college.
Workers Rights

NLRB says Starbucks violated labor law in Eugene

The complaint lists the dates and store locations where violations occurred, and the names of managers who committed them.
Union Organizing

Imperfect Foods workers join UFCW

The bargaining unit includes all delivery drivers and delivery lead workers at the Clackamas, Oregon location.
Union democracy

Northwest Oregon Labor Council needs top officer

The executive secretary-treasurer leads a local council of the AFL-CIO with 76 local union affiliates totaling 53,000 union members.
Union democracy

SW Washington Labor Council needs president

It's the top position at an organization that represents the interests of 17,000 members of 51 affiliated local unions.
Union democracy

Painters Local 10 calls for freedom for Mumia

Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former member of the Black Panther Party, was a radio journalist who had exposed police abuses in Philadelphia.
Collective bargaining

Graduate workers ratify contract with PSU

The Graduate Employees Union proposed the university provide workers with health insurance subsidies, but management declined.
Collective bargaining

Is OHSU trying to weasel out of promised raises?

Just weeks after AFSCME Local 328 ratified a contract with Oregon Health & Science University, management is violating the terms of the deal.
National

Airlines plagued by delays, canceled flights

Airlines have faced growing criticism for a surge in flight delays and cancellations, and failure to refund customers.
Buying Union

How to fly union

Of the major U.S. airlines, American, Southwest, Alaska and United are mostly union; Delta and JetBlue, not so much.
Comment

Never bet against the workers

The American labor movement was the difference-maker in countless races and our nation, and democracy, will be better off for it.
Oregon/Washington

For union-backed campaigns, mostly wins

Communicating with members, turning out volunteers, contributing to campaigns ... labor organizations had a real impact on election night.
Collective bargaining

Weyerhaeuser mills reopen after 48-day Machinists strike

For the first time since 1986, loggers and millworkers faced off against one of the world’s biggest corporations.
Collective bargaining

Tentative agreement at Multnomah County

If approved, the contract would bring a 5% cost-of-living adjustment retroactive to July 1, along with a $2,500 immediate bonus.
Collective bargaining

Northwest Starbucks workers prepare to bargain

In Oregon and Washington, union Starbucks shops have bargaining dates set throughout November and early December.
Portland

Portland Clean Energy Fund adds exemption to wage requirement

The voter-approved measure promised to pay workers at least 180% of the state’s minimum wage. So why does a new amendment weaken the wage standards?
Union Organizing

More Portland Street Response workers go union

Two classifications of workers at the newly formed agency are now represented by Professional & Technical Employees Local 17 (PROTEC17).
Union Organizing

A second New Seasons store votes to unionize

The Slabtown vote was the fourth union election at New Seasons in recent months, and three more stores have pending union elections.
Union Organizing

Tillamook creamery to vote on whether to stay union

Teamsters Local 58 currently represents production workers at the Tillamook County Creamery Association, which makes a variety of dairy products.
Union Organizing

Door makers say no to IWW, remain non-union

Management ran a standard anti-union campaign, attaching scare-tactic literature to paychecks and holding anti-union meetings.
Union Organizing

Nurses vote out union at hospital in Ontario, Oregon

The results won't be official until the National Labor Relations Board rules on numerous unfair labor practice charges against management.
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