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New Seasons
Union Organizing
At a New Seasons grocery, workers actually want a say in the rules they must follow
In April, New Seasons changed attendance, scheduling and paid leave policies. In May, workers launched a union campaign.
Union Organizing
Union drives launch separately at two New Seasons stores
Union campaigns have developed independently at two Portland-area New Seasons stores, where workers want better wages and working conditions.
Oregon/Washington
New Seasons Market to become part of a subsidiary of a Korean retail conglomerate
The sale comes two years after a union campaign that flat-lined when the "B Corp" brought in union-busters.
Union Organizing
New Seasons Market paid a union-buster a third of a million dollars
The total bill may have been higher, because the rules don't require disclosure for anti-union trainings of managers and supervisors.
Union Organizing
THE REST OF THE STORY: A look back at some of the stories we reported in 2018 … and what happened afterward
Updates on the union campaigns at Precision Castparts, New Seasons, and Reed College, plus President Trump's "infrastructure Neverland"
Workers Rights
New Seasons Market announces new $15 an hour starting wage
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.
Union Organizing
What did New Seasons pay union busters? We’ll have to wait another year to find out
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.
Union Organizing
New leadership at New Seasons — CEO is out, and so are union-busters, for now
The new co-presidents of New Seasons Market say they'll meet with New Seasons Workers United.
Union Organizing
Top Oregon state representative calls on New Seasons to respect workers’ rights
Tina Kotek says the company should stop playing games … and respect workers' right to organize.
Union Organizing
New Seasons deploys the same union-busters that Trump Las Vegas hotel used
After a second pro-union worker is fired, union supporters question the grocer’s ‘B Corp’ status.
Union Organizing
New Seasons Market rebuffs call for meeting with union
UFCW Local 555 says the nonunion grocer has already fired one union supporter.
Union Organizing
Union drive launches at New Seasons
Two weeks after a group of New Seasons workers publicly announced a union campaign, the company hasn't yet responded to their appeal for neutrality.
Workers Rights
Rally demands reinstatement of New Seasons worker
Was a New Seasons worker fired for eating tofu, or because he spoke up for workers rights?
