Union Organizing Archives

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

By a vote of 4-1, workers at two Portland retail stores for telecom giant Verizon have unionized with the Communications Workers of America.

After a heavy anti-union campaign from management, Weyerhaeuser workers in Eugene voted against unionizing.

Eight months after Portland home goods maker Schoolhouse was sold to a new owner, its workers are ready for a union.

Union Organizing

Forklift operators at a wood products distribution center voted 11-5 to affiliate with Machinists District Lodge W24.

A unit of 70 nurses in Lincoln City is organizing with Oregon Nurses Association to improve work conditions and get a say in decision-making.

Amazon Labor Union, which unionized an Amazon warehouse in April, announced it’s organizing at a facility near Albany, New York.

Doughnut Workers United has begun a second campaign to organize downtown Portland’s Voodoo Doughnut store.

A dozen workers who paint vessels on Swan Island in Portland have unionized, increasing the union density at the Vigor Industrial shipyard.

Workers at Crux Fermentation Project voted 10-2 against unionizing with an independent labor organization, in ballots counted Aug. 4.