Union Organizing

They’ll now be part of a bargaining unit of 3,922 student workers with jobs in the libraries, dorms, dining halls, and recreation centers.

The two publications are owned by EO Media Group, a private family-owned company that runs 15 newspapers and two magazines in Oregon.

If at least half sign cards within six months, state law requires OHSU to recognize a union for about 2,000 workers in its laboratories.

Reed housing advisors previously formed an independent union in 2018, but the college refused to recognize the union and filed legal appeals.

All told, 235 doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants would unionize at all eight hospitals.

Ridwell provides curbside collection of hard to recycle items like batteries, plastic clamshell containers, lightbulbs, and more.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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