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CWA Local 7901

In Memoriam

Carla Floyd, 1949-2012

Floyd led CWA Local 7901 from 1987 to 1996.
Union Organizing

Portland cabbies unite

Facing greedy companies and unresponsive city officials, immigrant taxi drivers called the union
Workers Rights

OSPIRG call center fires a third union activist

Phone canvassers strike an hour to protest the third firing of a member of their bargaining team.
Workers Rights

Unionists sentenced for Aveda occupation

CWA 7901 president Madelyn Elder and Portland JWJ activist Laurie King will do community service.
Workers Rights

Dosha pays $7,000 to fired massage therapist

The five-location salon also posts notices promising to remove surveillance cameras.
Collective bargaining

Occupy Aveda: Unionists turn up pressure on Dosha

Aveda sites are leafletted in six cities, while in Portland, pickets and a brief occupation.
Workers Rights

JWJ picks Dosha as 2011 “Scrooge of the Year”

Dosha Salon Spa was elected “Scrooge of the Year” at a Dec. 10 fundraiser
Workers Rights

Dosha fires pro-union worker

A massage therapist is terminated after wearing red feather earrings.
Union Organizing

Portland pub goes union

Workers at The Guild Public House have become members of CWA Local 7901.
Buying Union

CWA promotes ‘Dosha Support Day’ Aug. 30

Supporters will go to the union salon for a haircut, and show their union colors.
Collective bargaining

CWA Local 7901 signs first contract with Free Geek

Twenty-two workers at Free Geek, a local computer recycler, ratified their first union contract July 19.
Collective bargaining

Bob Tiernan will oversee bargaining at Dosha Salon

Newly unionized Dosha Salon and Spa hired former Oregon Republican Party chair Bob Tiernan to oversee bargaining.
Union Organizing

Dosha salon employees vote to join CWA 7901

Dosha Salon became the first local business of its kind to unionize March 30.
Union Organizing

The new face of labor? Dosha Salon votes whether to unionize

Dosha Salon and Spa could become the first salon in Portland to go union in recent times.
People

CWA member retires after 44 years in printing trades

Bonnie Kelsch, a member of Communications Workers of America Local 7901, retired Sept. 16 after 44 years in the printing trades. Her retirement was celebrated with a reception at Oregon Catholic Press, where she has worked the last 21 years.
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