Union Organizing

Cremation service workers unionize

Represented by IBEW Local 89, the new unit includes six funeral directors and office coordinators at Neptune Cremation in Happy Valley.

Fair Housing Council workers join CWA

The unit includes 14 workers at a statewide nonprofit that protects renters and homeowners from discrimination.

Reed College student workers want to join OPEIU Local 11

Forty-four housing advisers who live and work in dorms are unionizing after Reed changed their job duties without giving them a say.

Elysian Brewing goes union

Workers at Elysian Brewing Co. in Seattle voted 20-12 to join Teamsters Local 117. It's one of just a handful of unionized craft breweries.

Buffalo Exchange workers at downtown Portland store announce union

Buffalo Exchange hired Tonkon Torp, a Portland-based law firm that says it offers help with “union avoidance.”

Nude dancers go union at NW Portland strip club

Strippers at Magic Tavern voted 16-0 to unionize with the Actors’ Equity Association, which represents stage actors and performers.

Portland’s Guardian Games goes union

The workers voted 10-0 to join United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 in a Sept. 1 vote held in the employee break room.

Oaks Amusement Park ride workers launch union campaign

Workers told the company they'd be holding a “safety strike” and would go home if they didn’t want to work in excessive heat.

Airport wheelchair attendants for United added to union

As of last month, every wheelchair attendant at Portland International Airport belongs to a union — SEIU Local 49.

AFL-CIO supports bid by Microsoft for Activision

Affiliate CWA opposed the merger but changed its stance in June 2022 after Microsoft signed a union neutrality pledge.

Last big unit of City of Portland workers unionizes

A unit of 712 workers will be represented by City of Portland Professional Workers Union (CPPW) — thanks to a 306-68 vote tallied June 6.

Workers unionize at Friends of the Children

Workers at the nonprofit Friends of the Children Portland voted 40-3 to join AFT-Oregon in mail ballots counted June 1.

Workers at homeless nonprofit New Avenues for Youth vote union

The tally was 69 to 12 to join Oregon AFSCME. The workers provide meals, showers, and internet to young people, and help with housing or work. 

Portland’s first unionized bike shop

About 20 workers at nonprofit Community Cycling Center in Portland have organized as an affiliate of ILWU Local 5.

OHSU postdocs want to join Oregon AFSCME

On April 7, a majority of about 240 eligible “postdoc” research staff signed union authorization cards and asked for a union election.

Hospital techs organize at hospital in Medford

Oregon Nurses Association has asked the NLRB to hold a union election among 250 health techs at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Portland Baroque Orchestra organizes

Musicians asked the non-profit's board to voluntarily recognize their union, American Federation of Musicians Local 99.

City of Portland attorneys drop objections, let union election move forward

Nearly 700 workers are moving toward a vote on whether to unionize with City of Portland Professional Workers, a newly formed union. 

Union win at Providence Home Health

About 165 workers at Providence Home Health and Hospice have joined the Oregon Nurses Association after a 123-31 vote April 14.

Starbucks coming under pressure

The union-busting coffee giant sees a strike wave, an adverse legal ruling, and its leader hauled before a Senate Committee.