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Bakers Local 114
Union Organizing
Portland caterer signs contract with Bakers Local 114
The newly unionized company has frequently catered union events.
Multnomah County
Labor Council takes stand against soda tax initiative
The Labor Council is discouraging union members from signing the initiative petitions.
People
Portland Bakery Union member Shad Clark made international VP for Western Region
The former Local 114 business agent has a long history as a union worker and activist.
Workers Rights
Union-busting bakery accused of wage theft in class-action lawsuit
Portland Specialty Bakery, which makes baked goods for Starbucks, is accused of wage and hour and sick leave violations.
Buying Union
Bakers Local 114 closes Wells Fargo account for its link to an anti-union group
For business leaders, actions sometimes have consequences.
Building our communities
Retired Bakers union member walks to defeat melanoma
Melanoma survivor Robin Zimmerman lost his wife in 2008 after a four year battle with the disease.
Union Organizing
Union campaign crushed at Portland Specialty Baking
In three weeks, union support went from 61 percent to 23 percent. Here's what happened.
Union Organizing
Portland Specialty Baking vote results
Workers at Portland Specialty Baking voted yesterday on whether to unionize with Bakers Local 114. The result: 123 no to 38 yes. That's despite...
Union Organizing
Workers at Portland Specialty Baking ready for union vote
Taken totally by surprise, company wages an intense — and formulaic — anti-union campaign.
Union Organizing
Bakers demand union recognition
At an industrial bakery in Gresham, low-wage workers want a union.
People
BCTGM International taps Bakers Local 114 rep Shad Clark
Darren Hamann will replace Clark at Local 114
Union democracy
Bakers Local 114 re-elects Terry Lansing
Lansing, 63, has served as financial secretary-treasurer since 2005
People
Oregon Historical Society exhibit features first black-owned bakery
Hurtis Hadley is a retired member of Bakers Local 114
Oregon
Unions see results in 2013 legislative session
Lawmakers barred public union-busting, closed prevailing wage loophole, funded infrastructure
Oregon
Bakers Union member helps pass Oregon bereavement leave law
After his wife's death, Robin Zimmerman campaigned in the Capitol to pass unpaid bereavement leave.
Union Organizing
Bakers Union organizing video lottery delis one at a time
"Lottery delis" rake it in with video poker, but pay minimum wage with no benefits
People
Lansing tapped to international Bakers Union executive board
Lansing, 62, is the first from Local 114 to serve the union’s national Executive Board
Buying Union
Nonunion Dave’s Killer Bread contracts with union baker
A union campaign has failed to rise thus far at the fast-growing company.
Union Organizing
Firings lead to union effort at Dave’s Killer Bread
Workers say rapid expansion is changing the character of the family-run business.
