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CWA Local 7901
Collective bargaining
Dosha Salon Spa workers will vote whether to remain union
After a year-plus of labor violations and no contract, a decert election is set for Aug. 21-22.
Workers Rights
Portland’s answer to Union Cab – taxi reform
Portland plans to overhaul taxi rules after a study found shocking labor conditions for drivers.
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.
