Union Organizing

Oregon Justice Department says legislative workers can’t unionize

Legislative aides don’t have the right to unionize after all, says Oregon's Attorney General in objections on behalf of the Legislature.

OHSU Hillsboro hospital workers unionize

The group of 448 workers voted more than 2-1 to unionize with Oregon AFSCME. The hospital says it will work collaboratively with the union.

Workers unionize at So Delicious Dairy Free

A subsidiary of French multinational Danone voluntarily recognized the Teamsters after a campaign without employer interference.

Oregon legislative staffers unionize with IBEW 89

It's the first union of legislative staff in the country. The 110 employees work for both Democratic and Republican legislators.

A union for Oregon legislative staff?

Oregon legislative aides are seeking to unionize with IBEW Local 89 in what could be the first union of legislative staff in the nation.

OHSU Hillsboro hospital fights union campaign

A group of 472 hospital workers Hillsboro is ready to join Oregon AFSCME. But first they had to get straight who they actually work for.

Musical theater, when it reopens, will be union

Stumptown Stages reclassified actors and musicians as employees, and recognized Musicians Local 99 to represent its musicians.

Lebanon Veterans Home workers stay union

A year after unionizing, with no first union contract signed, some were ready to dump the union, but the majority voted to stay the course.

Lebanon veterans home faces decertification campaign

Fifteen months after voting to unionize, a group of 200 workers at the Oregon Veterans Home in Lebanon, Oregon, will vote Aug. 27 on whether to stay union.

Enviro nonprofit would rather lay off all staff than deal with union

The Center for Sustainable Economy dropped antiunion Ballard Law and agreed to recognize the union. Then came its "restructure" announcement.

McMinnville rubber plant workers vote to go nonunion

Despite gains in their one-and-only union contract, workers at RB Rubber voted July 17 to decertify the United Steelworkers.

Climate justice group goes antiunion

When workers at the Center for Sustainable Economy announced their union, the last thing they expected was to be confronted by a union-busting law firm.

Columbia Gorge behavioral health workers join AFSCME

For Oregon AFSCME, it’s an unbroken string of organizing wins at behavioral health agencies.

Union, by the book

Elliott Bay Books in Seattle voluntarily recognized a new union March 13 — one day after employees announced they were forming it.

Citing coronavirus, Trump-appointed NLRB suspends all union elections

Even mail ballots are out, because NLRB agents count them in front of observers; verifying them while maintaining six feet of distance could be a challenge.

At Portland icon Voodoo Doughnuts, workers announce they’ve formed a union

Feeling unsafe at a crowded and stressful donut shop that pays at or near minimum wage, workers have nowhere to go but up.

Even the coronavirus can’t stop union organizing

Immigrant rights group Causa agrees to recognize union immediately. Affordable housing non-profit Casa of Oregon will have to think about it.

A union for bank workers

The bank owned by Tom Steyer, billionaire presidential candidate, agrees to union neutrality.

Safeway.com drivers become the first home grocery delivery workers to unionize

Workers stood strong for their union in the face of union-buster ride-alongs in their trucks.

Workers at Growing Seeds daycare chain announce union campaign

About 75 workers would become part of ILWU Local 5.

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