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CWA Local 7901
Union Organizing
Dark Horse Comics agrees to recognize union
The announcement came one week after Local 7901 announced that 59 of the company’s 102 workers had signed a union petition.
Union Organizing
Dark Horse goes union
Prestige doesn’t pay, say workers at popular comics publisher.
Union Organizing
Portland City Council staff unionize
The vote was 17 to join CWA Local 7901, 12 to join AFSCME Local 189, and 4 to remain non-union.
Union Organizing
Portland City Council aides unionize
Two unions are vying to represent 41 Portland City Council staffers, triggering a public-sector union election.
Jobs
Public radio staff brace for CPB shutdown
In July Congress zeroed out funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) for the first time in its 58-year history.
Union Organizing
Street Roots workers vote to join CWA 7901
Staff at the nonprofit alternative newspaper and advocacy organization are seeking pay equity, increased staffing, and safety measures.
Union Organizing
Street Roots staff are unionizing
Staff at the nonprofit group will vote to certify Communications Workers of America Local 7901 as their representative on Jan. 7.
Union democracy
CWA Local 7901 emerges from trusteeship
The local is back in the hands of members as of October, when it was released by its parent union from trusteeship imposed in August 2023.
In Memoriam
Gail Rosebrook, 1955-2024
She put her organizational skills to work for CWA, the Northwest Labor Press, and Oregon State Industrial Union Council.
People
Labor Council ambush: Union volunteer honored for ‘Job well done’
Near the close of NW Oregon Labor Council’s Oct. 23 delegates meeting, Mark Sturbois was called to the front for a surprise ceremony.
Union democracy
CWA Local 7901 placed in trusteeship by national union
The union has suffered from significant internal turmoil in recent years.
Collective bargaining
Nonprofit Causa of Oregon shuts down amid labor conflict
The immigrant rights group Causa recognized a union two years ago, but never reached agreement on a first contract.
Collective bargaining
Beneficial State Bank signs first union contract
CWA says it's the first group of bank employees to unionize in more than 40 years. At $20.50 an hour and over, wages may top the industry.
Union Organizing
Enviro nonprofit would rather lay off all staff than deal with union
The Center for Sustainable Economy dropped antiunion Ballard Law and agreed to recognize the union. Then came its "restructure" announcement.
Union Organizing
Climate justice group goes antiunion
When workers at the Center for Sustainable Economy announced their union, the last thing they expected was to be confronted by a union-busting law firm.
Union Organizing
Even the coronavirus can’t stop union organizing
Immigrant rights group Causa agrees to recognize union immediately. Affordable housing non-profit Casa of Oregon will have to think about it.
Union Organizing
A union for bank workers
The bank owned by Tom Steyer, billionaire presidential candidate, agrees to union neutrality.
Union Organizing
Environmental justice group goes union … on the spot
OPAL executive director Huy Ong didn't think twice when his employees announced they wanted a union.
Union Organizing
At a Eugene environmental group, workers move to unionize
Our Children’s Trust is best known for Juliana v. United States, a lawsuit in which 21 young Americans are suing the federal government for not taking enough action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Union democracy
New leadership at CWA Local 7901
Portland Jobs With Justice organizer A.J. Mendoza is the new president of the 635-member local.
