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Hawthorne Burgerville becomes the third to formally unionize

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

Union Organizing

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.

Burgerville workers wage one-store Labor Day strike for holiday pay

It’s the latest action by the Burgerville Workers Union, which has been campaigning for affordable health benefits and a $5 an hour raise.

Workers Rights

Burgerville pays $10,000 to settle wage and hour violations

Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries found that the company willfully failed to give workers meal and rest breaks as required by law.

Burgerville union campaign marks one year

Several union supporters have been fired by the company since the campaign launched.

Burgerville suspends union activist for eating a bagel

A vocal leader of the campaign to unionize the Burgerville fast food chain has been suspended without pay since Jan. 6 — ostensibly for failing to pay 70 cents for a bagel and cream cheese.

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