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Union Organizing

Unions are democratic organizations of workers — united for their own mutual aid and protection and to promote and defend the rights and interests of fellow workers. In the Union Organizing section, we report on efforts to unionize non-union workplaces, and on employer efforts to oppose unionization.

Union Organizing

Jim Fisher Volvo mechanics look to unionize with Machinists

Feb 2, 2022

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.

Union Organizing

Suicide hotline workers to vote on joining Oregon AFSCME

Jan 19, 2022

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.

Union Organizing

More Shakespeare Festival workers unionize

Jan 19, 2022

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

Union Organizing

Workers United: Starbucks union wave spreads to Eugene

Jan 19, 2022

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

Union Organizing

NLRB finds Amazon broke the law, orders new election at warehouse in Alabama

Dec 16, 2021

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

Union Organizing

Buffalo baristas form first Starbucks store union

Dec 16, 2021

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.

Union Organizing

ILWU launches union campaign at NORPAC paper mill in Longview

Dec 1, 2021

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

Union Organizing

Comic book workers of the world, unite!

Nov 5, 2021

Workers at Portland-based Image Comics announced Nov. 1 that they’re forming a union Comic Book Workers United.

Union Organizing

Daycare workers at Wild Lilac unionize

Oct 13, 2021

Workers at the nonprofit SE Portland daycare and preschool are now represented by ILWU Local 5, which also represents Growing Seeds. 

Union Organizing

Hospital techs in The Dalles join OFNHP-AFT Local 5017

Sep 29, 2021

The vote result — more than 10 to 1 for the union — is an absolute smackdown to union-busters and the managers who hired them.

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