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Free Geek
Building our communities
Homeless camp gets union sponsors
But city fines are mounting for Right 2 Dream Too
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.
Union Organizing
Free Geek employees vote to join Portland CWA Local 7901
A group of 19 workers at local non-profit Free Geek have unionized with Communications Workers of America. Free Geek prides itself on an unusual form of collective management by democratic consensus. But as the group grew, a sub-caste developed — of lower-paid employees who weren’t in the collective.
