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ILWU Local 5
Union Organizing
At SCRAP Creative Reuse, workers unionize
SCRAP Creative Reuse is a nonprofit in Portland that sells low-cost art supplies and offers arts education.
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.
Multnomah County
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 harmonyÂ
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.Â
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.
