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ILWU Local 5

Jobs

Unionized childcare shuts down after paychecks bounce

The owner stopped paying bills, leaving 16 teachers without final paychecks and around 50 families scrambling to find childcare.
Workers Rights

Montessori meltdown: Portland preschools close amid union push

Guidepost Montessori closed two preschools and furloughed nearly 30 workers after workers announced plans to unionize with ILWU Local 5.
Union Organizing

Musicians Local 99 staff unionize

Portland's Musicians Local 99 recognized ILWU Local 5 as the bargaining representative for its two union staffers.
Collective bargaining

Bike mechanics get union contract

Workers at Community Cycling Center ratified a one-year contract that increases paid time off, ensures cost of living raises, and establishes basic union protections.
Union Organizing

Northwest Workers Justice Project recognizes union

NWJP is a legal nonprofit that trains workers about their rights, advocates for pro-worker policies, and provides legal aid to workers.
Collective bargaining

Powell’s Books workers to vote on tentative deal

The deal sets a base wage of at least $18 an hour after a year of employment and allows negotiations if Portland’s minimum wage meets that.
Collective bargaining

Powell’s workers hold Labor Day strike

Members of ILWU Local 5 at Powell’s Books held a one-day strike Sept. 4 to protest alleged bad-faith bargaining by the company.
Collective bargaining

Powell’s workers plan Labor Day strike

Powell's workers say is the company is refusing to bargain in good faith and ask the public not to shop there in-store or online that day.
Union Organizing

Portland’s first unionized bike shop

About 20 workers at nonprofit Community Cycling Center in Portland have organized as an affiliate of ILWU Local 5.
Collective bargaining

Strike gets first contract for Portland preschool workers

Daycare workers at the Crystal Springs location of Growing Seeds went on strike in August. It quickly brought an agreement with management.
Union Organizing

Workers at Portland pet and garden store go union

Workers at Fang! Pet & Garden Supply and Salty’s Pet Supply in Portland voted 13-0 to unionize with ILWU Local 5, in ballots counted July 19.
Union Organizing

Joyful Noise child care workers go union

Workers at a chain of four child development centers in Portland voted by a three-to-one margin to unionize with ILWU Local 5.
Collective bargaining

ILWU signs first child care workers contract

The contract covers 17 workers at Fruit & Flower Rock Creek, which is connected to PCC’s Rock Creek campus.
Politics

County ballot measure would provide lawyers to tenants facing eviction

Tenants rights advocates are petitioning for a Multnomah County initiative to provide free legal representation for tenants facing eviction.
Union Organizing

Portland child care workers launch union

Workers at Portland-based Joyful Noise Child Development Centers have launched a union drive to join ILWU Local 5.
Union Organizing

We’re union now, say workers at Fang! Pet and Garden Supply

Workers at Portland’s Fang! Pet & Garden Supply delivered a letter to the business owner, announcing they're unionizing with ILWU Local 5.
Workers Rights

Multnomah County votes for labor harmony 

At non-profit county contractors, union-busting is about to get a little harder.
Union Organizing

Daycare workers at Wild Lilac unionize

Workers at the nonprofit SE Portland daycare and preschool are now represented by ILWU Local 5, which also represents Growing Seeds. 
Jobs

Powell’s workers press for recall

The Powell’s Books union contract offers laid off workers recall rights when jobs reappear, but the CEO says those recall rights have expired.
Union Organizing

Workers at Growing Seeds daycare chain announce union campaign

About 75 workers would become part of ILWU Local 5.
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