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Union Organizing
Airport screeners vote to unionize
In one of the biggest union wins in recent times, 43,000 security officers at 450 airports will be union-represented.
Dosha salon employees vote to join CWA 7901
Dosha Salon became the first local business of its kind to unionize March 30.
The new face of labor? Dosha Salon votes whether to unionize
Dosha Salon and Spa could become the first salon in Portland to go union in recent times.
SEIU 49 scores Oregon’s biggest private-sector win in decades
Support and maintenance workers at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend voted 267 to 261 to unionize.
St. Charles Medical Center workers vote by slim majority to join SEIU
Workers voted 255 to 251.
Delta remains non-union as fourth group votes to reject unionization
Delta Air Lines customer service workers voted Dec. 7 not to join the Machinists. It was the fourth major union defeat at Delta since heavily unionized Northwest Airlines merged into largely nonunion Delta. Altogether, unions stood to gain 34,000 new members, but instead lost 17,000 existing members.
Machinists Union loses Delta elections; complaint filed
In a pair of votes in November, the Machinists lost a campaign to represent 13,800 Delta Air Lines workers. The votes follow on the heels of a Nov. 3 loss by Association of Flight Attendants among 20,000 Delta flight attendants.
Free Geek employees vote to join Portland CWA Local 7901
A group of 19 workers at local non-profit Free Geek have unionized with Communications Workers of America. Free Geek prides itself on an unusual form of collective management by democratic consensus. But as the group grew, a sub-caste developed — of lower-paid employees who weren’t in the collective.
Delta flight attendants say ‘no’ to union
In votes counted Nov. 3, Delta Air Lines flight attendants chose not to be represented by Association of Flight Attendants. It was Delta flight attendants’ third unionization vote in a decade.
32,000 Delta/Northwest airline workers vote on unionization
About 32,000 flight attendants, ramp workers, ticket agents and other workers at Delta airlines workers will decide over the next several months whether or not to be union-represented — under new rules that eliminate a major obstacle to winning union representation.
NLRB rules BrucePac firings broke federal labor law
BrucePac broke labor law when it fired workers for supporting a union campaign, says a federal judge.
BrucePac faces NLRB charges in mass firing of pro-union workers
Cooked meat producer BrucePac fired at least 17 union supporters just weeks into a union campaign.
