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Burgerville Workers Union

Trouble getting a second contract at Burgerville

Around 40 workers at the Burgerville near the Oregon Convention Center struck July 28-29 after negotiations with company leaders stagnated.

Portland’s grassroots indy unions announce coalition

The coalition includes Burgerville Workers Union, Donut Workers United, Restaurant Workers of Portland, and Market of Choice Labor Union.

Fast food union gets James Beard award

Burgerville Workers Union won one of the restaurant industry’s highest honors March 29: A James Beard Foundation award.

Mark Medina joins the staff of Portland Jobs with Justice as worker center organizer

The Worker Center project of Portland Jobs With Justice is a response to an explosion of union interest among low-paid service workers.

Burgerville union launches campaign at sixth store

The proposed bargaining unit covers all 37 non-management workers at the Burgerville at Southeast 26th and Powell Blvd.

Burgerville workers ratify first union contract

The vote means the boycott of the chain is over, and union members are encouraged to patronize Burgerville, especially the union stores.

Union reaches agreement with Burgerville

Roughly 100 workers at 5 Portland-area Burgerville locations are about to be the first fast food workers in America to have a union contract.

Union-made Black Lives Matter buttons nixed at Burgerville

Burgerville backtracked after online backlash, and said it would produce its own Black Lives Matter accessories for workers to wear if they choose.

2019 Scrooge of the Year: BURGERVILLE

Burgerville has twice been nominated for Scrooge of the Year by the group Portland Jobs With Justice, but this year, the fast food chain won the most votes for its record of firing union supporters and stonewalling union negotiations.

Burgerville workers hold four-day strike in protest of poverty wages

More than a year into negotiations over a first union contract, Burgerville offers to pay at or near the minimum wage.

Two more shops vote to join Burgerville Workers Union

Workers at the Montavilla and Convention Center restaurants have officially voted to unionize.

Fast food workers announce union at Little Big Burger chain

A group of Little Big Burger employees — accompanied by over 100 picket-sign-wielding supporters — presented a letter to a Northwest Portland restaurant manager seeking union recognition.

Workers unionize at two more Burgerville stores

Burgerville Workers Union now has majority support at the Convention Center and Montavilla restaurants.

Does Burgerville really ‘serve with love’?

Burgerville's top executive preaches "Biblical entrepreneurship," but in practice the company has been reluctant to move away from a low-wage business model.

Hawthorne Burgerville becomes the third to formally unionize

Meanwhile, Burgerville has agreed to no tangible improvements since contract bargaining began in May.

Gladstone Burgerville becomes the second store to vote in union

The vote was 17 to 5 to unionize with the Burgerville Workers Union, which is affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

A Burgerville store goes union — officially

The Burgerville at 92nd and Powell may be the nation’s first officially unionized fast food union.

Burgerville Workers Union expects to call for a union election

If a majority votes yes at the 92nd and Powell location, it could be the nation's first official union at a fast food chain.

Burgerville continues to fire pro-union workers

Otherwise exemplary pro-union workers are being fired for what appear like trivial pretexts.

Major escalation: Burgerville Workers Union now calling on consumers to boycott the company

The company has refused to meet with their union, and has now fired as many as six union supporters.