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Portland Specialty Baking
Workers Rights
Union-busting bakery pays $580k to settle overtime case
Workers sometimes win when they raise the union banner, even when they lose the union.
Workers Rights
Oregon judge in bakery lawsuit rules against double overtime
The lawsuit against Portland Specialty Baking will still go forward.
Workers Rights
Long day AND long week? For Oregon factory workers, double the pay
180,000 Oregon factory workers can now earn time-and-a-half twice.
Workers Rights
Union-busting bakery accused of wage theft in class-action lawsuit
Portland Specialty Bakery, which makes baked goods for Starbucks, is accused of wage and hour and sick leave violations.
Union Organizing
Portland Specialty Baking vote results
Workers at Portland Specialty Baking voted yesterday on whether to unionize with Bakers Local 114. The result: 123 no to 38 yes. That's despite...
Union Organizing
Workers at Portland Specialty Baking ready for union vote
Taken totally by surprise, company wages an intense — and formulaic — anti-union campaign.
