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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

Following nine firings, Little Big Burger stays non-union

Aug 1, 2019

Workers at Portland burger chain Little Big Burger voted 41 to 29 to stay non-union in an election that the company asked the National Labor Relations Board to hold.

Union Organizing

Legacy appeals nurses’ union victory at Unity Center for Behavioral Health

Aug 1, 2019

The non-profit hospital chain is rolling the dice hoping the Trump labor board will strike down a union win.

Union Organizing

Psychiatric nurses at Legacy’s Unity Center vote overwhelmingly to unionize

Jun 20, 2019

Supporters say they want a union in part to create a safer environment for patients and staff.

Union Organizing

Veterans nursing home workers vote to stay union

Jun 19, 2019

At Veterans Care Centers of Oregon in The Dalles, workers voted 60 to 37 to remain in the United Steelworkers of America.

Union Organizing

Little Big Burger, hoping to squash Little Big Union, calls for election

Jun 18, 2019

Supporters of the grassroots union say the burger chain has fired several union supporters and is campaigning against the union.

Union Organizing

At an autism therapy chain, low-wage therapists unionize

Jun 6, 2019

After weeks of comically ineffective pleading by a tone-deaf company CEO and a pair of hired-gun union-busters, over 80 percent of the workers vote union.

Union Organizing

Veterans Nursing Home workers join United Steelworkers

Jun 6, 2019

A group of 213 workers at a Lebanon, Oregon, nursing home for veterans won a union May 20.

Union Organizing

Nurses at Portland’s only psychiatric emergency facility say they want a union

May 21, 2019

Since it opened in 2017, Unity Center has faced multiple investigations over violations of safety rules.

Union Organizing

Four migrant day care centers join Laborers 737

May 21, 2019

Workers at four non-profit child care centers in Marion and Clackamas counties voted 61 to 56 to unionize with Laborers Local 737.

Union Organizing

New Seasons Market paid a union-buster a third of a million dollars

May 6, 2019

The total bill may have been higher, because the rules don’t require disclosure for anti-union trainings of managers and supervisors.

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