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Union Organizing
Philadelphia Whole Foods workers unionize
Parent company Amazon is already contesting the results, arguing that the National Labor Relations Board lacks a quorum.
Jobs
Albertsons’ $4 billion dividend moves forward
Attorneys general are concerned the dividend could cripple Albertsons at the same time regulators are evaluating the company's proposed merger with Kroger.
Jobs
Washington sues to stop Albertsons’ $4 billion dividend
Unions representing grocery workers say the outsized payout could destroy the nation’s number two grocery chain.
National
Union to feds: Don’t allow Kroger-Albertsons mega-merger
Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons, QFC and 40 other chains could become one company under the proposed deal.
Workers Rights
Seattle mandates $4 per hour COVID pay boost for grocery workers
In an 8-0 vote Jan. 25, Seattle City Council ordered large grocery stores to pay $4 an hour hazard pay til the end of the COVID-19 emergency.
Workers Rights
Klamath Falls Walmart disciplines strikers
Ismael Nunez protests his firing, and two others are written up for striking
Workers Rights
Klamath Falls Walmart fires worker who went on strike
Ismael Nuñez struck to protest retaliation against other workers. Now HE's been terminated.
Oregon
Labor-backed alliance to push bold agenda in the state capitol
2015 could be a breakthrough year for pro-worker legislation
Workers Rights
Three Walmart workers strike in Klamath Falls
OUR Walmart says 1,600 Walmart protests took place nationwide on Black Friday
Union democracy
United Food and Commercial Workers expected to rejoin AFL-CIO in August
UFCW's return would boost AFL-CIO membership by almost 10 percent.
Politics
Seven initiative campaigns vie for Oregon’s November ballot
Unions back corporate kicker, marijuana, and casino measures, and oppose estate tax ban.
National
We are the 99 percent: Unions get behind the Occupy movement
Unions line up in support of Occupy Wall Street as the movement explodes.
Politics
UFCW’s Brad Witt runs for Congress
UFCW Local 555 rep Brad Witt is challenging Congressman David Wu in the Democratic primary.
National
Apollo Alliance merges into BlueGreen
Two labor-environmental coalitions have merged as of July 1. The Apollo Alliance, launched in 2003 as a coalition of environmental, labor, business and community leaders, is now a project of the BlueGreen Alliance.
Buying Union
Union workers under grave threat from Walmart expansion
A thousand UFCW members could lose jobs if Walmart opens 17 Portland-area stores as planned.
