Union Organizing

A federal disclosure shows Jim Fisher himself made the agreement with a union-busting firm. Mandatory antiunion meetings started immediately.

Nearly 170 Starbucks locations nationwide have requested union representation elections so far, including 16 in Oregon.

Workers at the Alliance For A Healthier Generation contacted OPEIU Local 11 last year expressing interest in unionizing.

Union campaigns at Starbucks have been exploding in recent weeks. Workers at over 130 locations in 29 states have requested union elections.

NLRB ordered a new election after Amazon broke labor law at its Alabama warehouse. Ballots, mailed out Feb. 4, will be counted March 28.

Tesla workers held their first-ever workplace representation vote Feb. 28 ... in Germany. But in the US, Tesla has so far resisted unionizing.

More than 160 employees of nonprofit behavioral health provider Lines for Life are now members of AFSCME Local 1790.

Multnomah County has recognized the decision of a group of 30 Health Department pharmacists to join AFSCME Local 88.

A union campaign by ILWU at the Longview paper mill launched in late November but fell short in ballots counted Feb. 22.

The vegan Sri Lankan spot on Southeast Belmont in Portland is a worker-owned co-op. Now non-owner employees will be union.

Nine Starbucks locations have now filed for union representation in Oregon, including six in Eugene alone.

As of Feb. 1, 55 Starbucks stores nationwide have launched union efforts with Workers United, an affiliate of SEIU.

A group of 118 technical employees at Providence medical facilities in southern Oregon is petitioning to join SEIU Local 49.

Workers pay to go to Volvo mechanic school hoping for a well-paying job, but end up making near minimum wage, and buying their own tools.

At Lines For Life, a Portland nonprofit led by former U.S. attorney Dwight Holton, a strong majority of the 160 employees want a union.

A group of 16 scenic and prop shop workers has joined their fellow production workers as members of IATSE Local 154.

Since Dec. 8-9, when Starbucks workers in Buffalo voted to unionize, workers at nearly a dozen other stores have filed for union elections.

Amazon’s “flagrant disregard” for labor law was so egregious that a new election must be held at its distribution center in Bessemer.

Thirty down, 235,000 to go. On Dec. 9, mail ballots showed that workers at a Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York voted 19 to 8 to unionize.

Since a private equity firm bought the mill from Weyerhaeuser, the company has cut wages and halted retirement contributions.