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At a New Seasons grocery, workers actually want a say in the rules they must follow

Jun 16, 2022

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

Union drives launch separately at two New Seasons stores

Jun 1, 2022

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

New Seasons Market to become part of a subsidiary of a Korean retail conglomerate

Dec 10, 2019

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

New Seasons Market paid a union-buster a third of a million dollars

May 6, 2019

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

THE REST OF THE STORY: A look back at some of the stories we reported in 2018 … and what happened afterward

Dec 20, 2018

Updates on the union campaigns at Precision Castparts, New Seasons, and Reed College, plus President Trump’s “infrastructure Neverland”

New Seasons Market announces new $15 an hour starting wage

Dec 18, 2018

New Seasons Market has just announced it will raise starting pay to $15 an hour Feb. 1 at all its stores in Oregon, Washington, and California.

What did New Seasons pay union busters? We’ll have to wait another year to find out

May 29, 2018

One worker wanted to know why fees New Seasons paid to a union avoidance consultant hadn’t been disclosed, as required by federal law. So he called the union-buster.

New leadership at New Seasons — CEO is out, and so are union-busters, for now

Mar 14, 2018

The new co-presidents of New Seasons Market say they’ll meet with New Seasons Workers United.

Top Oregon state representative calls on New Seasons to respect workers’ rights

Dec 20, 2017

Tina Kotek says the company should stop playing games … and respect workers’ right to organize.

New Seasons deploys the same union-busters that Trump Las Vegas hotel used

Dec 12, 2017

After a second pro-union worker is fired, union supporters question the grocer’s ‘B Corp’ status.