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New Seasons
Jobs
New Seasons blames union for layoffs
The company notified New Seasons Labor Union Feb. 17 that it’s eliminating the jobs of 72 workers at union stores.
Collective bargaining
New Seasons workers ratify their first union contract
Three years after a first union vote, New Seasons has a union contract that raises wages 6% to 16.5% and sets rules for humane scheduling.
Analysis
2025: The rest of the story
Since the start of 2025, we’ve reported over 400 stories. Here's an update about what’s happened since we last reported on some of them.
Collective bargaining
After 34 months of talks, New Seasons workers set strike date
After years without a first contract, NSLU members may strike Dec. 17, citing low pay, healthcare cuts, and chaotic scheduling practices.
Union Organizing
New Seasons workers at store on Woodstock dump union
The effort was led by workers who were unsatisfied with slow contract negotiations. And New Seasons is now giving raises to nonunion workers.
Workers Rights
Outraged by a coworker’s firing, New Seasons workers strike
Randy Foster, a 19-year employee, was fired for helping a blind coworker. Was it retaliation for union activity?
Collective bargaining
After Thanksgiving eve strike, New Seasons union announces boycott
Nearly two years into contract bargaining, the company revealed its wage proposal: a 25 cent raise — in exchange for dropping health benefits.
Collective bargaining
Portland-wide strike shuts 10 New Seasons stores for a day
As bargaining drags into its 20th month, the union has no choice but to escalate.
Collective bargaining
City-wide New Seasons strike may be coming
Workers at 11 New Seasons Market locations in the Portland area are voting through Aug. 25 on whether to authorize a one-day strike.
Collective bargaining
Will New Seasons workers get a union contract?
The union and New Seasons have met 21 times since January 2023 to negotiate and are still without a first collective bargaining agreement.
Collective bargaining
New Seasons workers march on company headquarters
Seven months after bargaining began, there’s no sign the union is near a contract with the natural foods grocery chain.
Workers Rights
New Seasons improves conditions … for its nonunion workers
Workers say New Seasons Market has borrowed a tactic from the anti-union playbook: improving conditions at non-union locations.
Union Organizing
New Seasons unfair labor practice case goes before federal judge
The NLRB says employer misconduct may justify re-running a union election at New Seasons market in Hillsboro last September.
Workers Rights
New Seasons workers picket six Portland stores
New Seasons Labor Union says the company should bargain over recent policy changes at stores that have unionized.
Collective bargaining
New Seasons union begins contract negotiations
Union and management agree they’re bargaining a contract that covers all stores represented by the union, rather than separate contracts for each store.
Union Organizing
New Seasons union reaches Beaverton
With the Cedar Hills store, the New Seasons Labor Union now represents more than 900 workers in the Portland metro area.
Union Organizing
Sixth New Seasons store goes union
Workers at the Arbor Lodge grocery store in North Portland voted 71-23 to join the independent union, and another election is later this month.
Union Organizing
Five New Seasons stores now unionized
Workers at all five stores unionized with the New Seasons Labor Union (NSLU), which formed in mid-2022 at the Seven Corners store.
Union Organizing
Workers unionize at two more New Seasons stores
New Seasons Labor Union has now won four elections since filing its first union petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in May.
Union Organizing
Union interest spreads to two more Portland-area New Seasons stores
Workers at North Portland and Beaverton branches of grocery chain New Seasons are seeking to affiliate with the New Seasons Labor Union.
