Union Organizing

Top Oregon state representative calls on New Seasons to respect workers’ rights

Tina Kotek says the company should stop playing games … and respect workers' right to organize.

New Seasons deploys the same union-busters that Trump Las Vegas hotel used

After a second pro-union worker is fired, union supporters question the grocer’s ‘B Corp’ status.

At Springfield’s PeaceHealth Sacred Heart hospital, medical techs vote overwhelmingly to unionize

The new 350-member bargaining unit will be part of Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals.

Portland caterer signs contract with Bakers Local 114

The newly unionized company has frequently catered union events.

New Seasons Market rebuffs call for meeting with union

UFCW Local 555 says the nonunion grocer has already fired one union supporter.

Union drive launches at New Seasons

Two weeks after a group of New Seasons workers publicly announced a union campaign, the company hasn't yet responded to their appeal for neutrality.

Bus drivers in Hood River win union

Columbia Area Transit drivers will be part of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757.

Oregon Ballet Theatre dancers unionize

OBT voluntarily recognizes a union after dancers and stage managers sign union cards.

Welders at Precision Castparts vote to join Machinists union

A "micro-unit" wins at a company where four previous union campaigns failed.

Eugene Urgent Care clinic network fights union campaign by SEIU Local 49

The results of an Aug. 17 unionization election are up in the air.

Machinists win the right to union election for welders at Precision Castparts

A union win Sept. 22 would be the first at one of the area’s largest nonunion industrial employers.

At Precision Castparts, Machinists campaign to organize ‘micro-union’

This time, they seek to represent a group of 102 welders.

Workers say no to union at Mississippi Nissan plant

After a decade-long campaign by United Auto Workers, workers at a Nissan auto plant in Canton, Mississippi rejected unionization in a 2,244 to 1,307 vote Aug. 3-4.

Cafeteria workers unionize at Lewis & Clark College

Bon Appétit Management Company voluntarily recognized UNITE HERE under a neutrality agreement.

Burgerville union campaign marks one year

Several union supporters have been fired by the company since the campaign launched.

UFCW Local 555: Safeway/Albertsons organizing drive brings in 4,400 new members

Safeway and Albertsons agreed to remain neutral, giving union organizers access to employees in the break room.

Boeing South Carolina votes to stay nonunion

South Carolina Boeing rejected the Machinists Union by a three-to-one margin

Buffett-owned Precision Castparts busts union drive in California

“Union avoidance” consultants turned around a Machinists union drive at a Los Angeles area aerospace parts manufacturer.

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center workers vote to join AFT

The vote is 319 for AFT, 110 for SEIU.

At PeaceHealth Southwest, 900 workers will choose between AFT and SEIU

The Dec. 14-15 vote is a runoff after no choice got a majority in a Nov. 22 election among service and maintenance workers.

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