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Buy Union

Unions are about magnifying worker power — and that includes buying power. In the Buy Union section, we report on union-made products and services — as well as goods made by unfair and abusive employers.

Buy Union

Morel Ink: Owners change, union remains

Sep 13, 2017

Longtime owners Bill Dickey and Matt Witham sold the business to longtime employees.

Buy Union

Mexican-made Nabisco boycott continues, and so does union standoff

May 19, 2017

Laid-off workers tour college campuses and protest at the annual shareholders meeting.

Buy Union

Need some electrical work done? Here’s $200 to help you get it done with a union professional

May 18, 2017

As part of a campaign to win back residential work, IBEW Local 48 is ready to contribute $200 toward your next home electrical project.

Buy Union

Is that what they call the Portland Spirit?

May 3, 2017

A riverboat owner’s rant against recent pro-worker laws turns away a union convention host.

Buy Union

Staples boycott ends with union win

Jan 17, 2017

The National Labor Relations Board ordered the US Postal Service to stop privatizing union members’ work.

Buy Union

How to buy union this holiday season

Nov 30, 2016

Buying union means voting with your dollars for enterprises that pay your fellow workers a living wage with benefits.

Buy Union

Washington farmworkers union ends boycott of Driscolls, Sakuma

Nov 14, 2016

Sakuma Brothers agreed to recognize and bargain with a farmworkers union.

Buy Union

How to fly union

Oct 28, 2016

Seven airlines account for 80% of miles flown. Want to guess which ones are union?

Buy Union

Bakers Local 114 closes Wells Fargo account for its link to an anti-union group

Aug 2, 2016

For business leaders, actions sometimes have consequences.

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Laid-off Nabisco workers travel the country to boycott Mexican-made Oreos

Jun 17, 2016

In Portland, a laid-off Chicago worker delivers a message: The fight is bigger than Mondelēz

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