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The Slabtown vote was the fourth union election at New Seasons in recent months, and three more stores have pending union elections.

Workers at grocery stores in Portland’s Concordia and Grant Park neighborhoods are organizing with the New Seasons Labor Union.

Workers at the Woodstock store say they were inspired by the New Seasons Labor Union’s recent victory at the Seven Corners market.

Third time’s a charm for union supporters at the Seven Corners store; their independent union just won a representation vote four-to-one.

Workers at a New Seasons Market in Northwest Portland are organizing with an independent labor organization.

Workers at New Seasons Market stores in Portland and Hillsboro will be mailed ballots this month for three separate union organizing efforts.

In April, New Seasons changed attendance, scheduling and paid leave policies. In May, workers launched a union campaign.

Union campaigns have developed independently at two Portland-area New Seasons stores, where workers want better wages and working conditions.

The sale comes two years after a union campaign that flat-lined when the “B Corp” brought in union-busters.

The total bill may have been higher, because the rules don’t require disclosure for anti-union trainings of managers and supervisors.