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Union Organizing
First Student Corvallis bus drivers stay union
Workers reject a decertification effort in a 41-to-21 vote.
Big union win at PeaceHealth Vancouver hospital
It was an emotional scene at the vote count, as 310 hospital technicians voted nearly 3-to-1 in favor of unionizing, with 93 percent casting ballots.
In McMinnville, a recycled rubber factory goes union
Wages at Ultimate RB aren't high by union standards — around $12.50 an hour for production workers.
Burgerville CEO says he’ll meet with union – singly
The union campaign picks up support from local students and the central labor council.
Burgerville opposes union, but Bernie Sanders supports it
Sanders: “Burgerville Workers Union is a perfect example of the type of political revolution that we need.”
Workers to vote on union at PeaceHealth Vancouver hospital
The 310 licensed technical workers will decide June 1-2 between AFT, SEIU, or no union at all.
PSU graduate assistants file for union recognition
When it becomes official in about 3 weeks, PSU will have 800 new union members.
Burgers, fries, and a union?
The Burgerville Workers Union is calling for a $5 an hour raise for all hourly employees.
New rule forces union-busters into the daylight
The Department of Labor has eliminated a reporting loophole that lasted 54 years.
Portland-area ADT workers stay nonunion
Possibly spooked by an East Coast lockout, they vote 14-10 not to join IBEW 48
Union drive begins at DirecTV
Up to 400 technicians in Oregon and Washington could join IBEW
Union campaign crushed at Portland Specialty Baking
In three weeks, union support went from 61 percent to 23 percent. Here's what happened.
PSU won’t fight union campaign among its grad students
A memo from school administration orders managers to stay neutral.
Portland Specialty Baking vote results
Workers at Portland Specialty Baking voted yesterday on whether to unionize with Bakers Local 114. The result: 123 no to 38 yes. That's despite...
Workers at Portland Specialty Baking ready for union vote
Taken totally by surprise, company wages an intense — and formulaic — anti-union campaign.
Graduate employees at Portland State form union, ask president for neutrality
Grad student employees are already unionized at UO and OSU.
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.