Union Organizing

Hundreds of low-wage Portland airport service workers unionize

The workers help passengers in a wheelchair, handle bags curb-side and help with security lines

Bakers demand union recognition

At an industrial bakery in Gresham, low-wage workers want a union.

City of Portland on track to add hundreds to Rec worker union

Portland Parks & Rec employees look to get $15 and a union.

Gresham-Barlow bus drivers vote out union

OSEA says First Student management interference may have tainted the election.

Two weeks in Alabama

OSEA members say volunteering in the Deep South brings home how precious union rights are

Janus Youth Programs employees vote to join AFSCME

Many workers at the non-profit earn barely above minimum wage.

OSEA to help build labor movement  in the Deep South

OSEA members will spend two weeks in Alabama helping school employees there unionize

Food Front Cooperative Grocery workers vote to unionize

Workers want the stability of a union contract, pay transparency, and a grievance process

Oregon Shakespeare Festival goes union with IATSE

Backstage crew members kept their union campaign positive.

Outsourced school bus drivers vote to rejoin Oregon School Employees Association

They were union before Winston-Dillard School District outsourced student transportation in 2013

Trumka to Oregon’s labor movement: Organize

American labor's top official says the movement is in transition.

Caregivers at Sacred Heart in Springfield unionize

It was the largest unit to have a union election in Oregon healthcare for nearly two decades.

At Oregon Shakespeare Festival, stagehands want a union

Over management objections, workers will vote on whether to join IATSE.

AFT 111 converts coworkers to members

More than 130 “fair share” employees have become full union members so far this year.

Crew of nonunion ironworkers goes on unfair labor practice strike at Instafab

Workers decided to take a stand after years of feeling ignored and disrespected.

Baggage handlers at PDX vote to join Machinists Union

Workers at ABM Onsite Services West cite low wages, lack of training, and job safety

Portland airport shop workers want a union too

Workers at the Portland airport Kiehl’s, Rich’s News, Oregonian, and The Market want a union

First Unitarian Church of Portland recognizes a union

Church leaders balk at first, but pressure from the congregation prompts a change of heart

UNITE HERE victory at airport

A group of concessions workers at the Portland airport will now be union members