Union Organizing Archives - Page 12 of 38

In April, New Seasons changed attendance, scheduling and paid leave policies. In May, workers launched a union campaign.

Workers at four more Portland-area Starbucks stores voted to unionize with Starbucks Workers United over the past two weeks.

Workers at Portland’s Fang! Pet & Garden Supply delivered a letter to the business owner, announcing they’re unionizing with ILWU Local 5.

In ballots counted June 2, a group of 46 employees who operate tiny house villages for the homeless in Portland voted 15-3 to unionize.

Painters Local 10 has asked for an election to represent workers employed by Specialty Finishes, located at Portland’s Vigor Marine shipyard.

Starbucks employees in Portland are part of a burgeoning nationwide store-by-store union campaign led by young frontline workers.

Weeks before a union ballot count at Portland homeless services provider All Good NW, the nonprofit decided to close one of its villages.

Union campaigns have developed independently at two Portland-area New Seasons stores, where workers want better wages and working conditions.

Eleven Starbucks in Oregon and 71 across the country have unionized, and the number is increasing by the day.

Union Organizing

Congressional staffers have long had the right to unionize, in theory. Now, they’re getting the legal protection to do so.