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National Labor Relations Board
Union Organizing
Machinists win toehold at Boeing South Carolina plant
South Carolina is the least-unionized state in the nation, with just 2.6 percent of workers in a union, and its governor wants to keep it that way.
Union Organizing
Burgerville Workers Union expects to call for a union election
If a majority votes yes at the 92nd and Powell location, it could be the nation's first official union at a fast food chain.
National
Trump NLRB majority moves fast to reverse Obama-era decisions
In just three months, the new Board has reversed major gains.
Workers Rights
Trump NLRB majority puts Machinists election win at Precision Castparts back in legal limbo
The ruling has national ramifications, but whether the welders can unionize is again up to the Seattle NLRB office.
Workers Rights
Operating Engineers Local 701 picket at Gresham Wastewater Treatment Plant
A new complaint says a contractor, Veolia North America, broke federal labor law.
Worker safety
Abhe & Svoboda fires union salt amid safety complaints
Nonunion paint contractor Abhe & Svoboda faces civil rights, labor and safety complaints on a $22 million Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) painting project underneath the Ross Island Bridge.
Workers Rights
Toothless law: 3 years in, still no penalty for flagrant unionbuster
The three-year legal saga of a local union-busting paint contractor shows how weak U.S. labor law can be.
Collective bargaining
KGW-TV on trial for labor violation
KGW wants an end to union jurisdiction, but won't show why it needs that
Union Organizing
Workers at Portland Specialty Baking ready for union vote
Taken totally by surprise, company wages an intense — and formulaic — anti-union campaign.
Workers Rights
Ironworker strike now in Month 8
Strikers are hoping for vindication from the National Labor Relations Board.
Workers Rights
NLRB: No more hiding behind temp agencies to avoid unions
Companies have increasingly hired outside staffing agencies in recent decades.
Union Organizing
Oregon Shakespeare Festival files legal objection after stagehands vote to join IATSE
The appeal could add months of delay.
Collective bargaining
Machinists at Bodycote battle for first contract
Camas Bodycote workers voted last June to unionize, but are still trying to get a first contract
Union Organizing
Baggage handlers at PDX vote to join Machinists Union
Workers at ABM Onsite Services West cite low wages, lack of training, and job safety
Collective bargaining
Machinists conduct informational picket at Bodycote in Camas
Workers are having a tough time getting a first union contract
Workers Rights
Amid union activity, Grand Central Baking closes cafe
Laborers Local 483 says Sawtooth Cafe closed early after an employee protest
Collective bargaining
Swan Island shipyard workers reject contract offers
The unions also win an unfair labor practice charge at Vigor Shipyard
Collective bargaining
Support workers strike at for-profit hospital in Springfield
SEIU Local 49 accuses McKenzie-Willamette of further labor law violations
Workers Rights
Federal judge orders employer to hire seven union painters
Edwards Painting violated federal labor law 18 separate ways.
Workers Rights
Shipyard workers picket smoking ban
Shipyard workers at six Vigor worksites protest imposition of smoking ban without consulting union
