Union Organizing

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The group pairs kids with paid mentors for at least 12 years. Mentors, called friends, spend three to four hours a week with 8 to 10 children.

The City of Portland says it respects the right to unionize. That must be why it’s trying to stop a union vote.

The consultant literally introduced himself as “the union-buster" and held one-on-one meetings trying to create fear about unionizing.

Although the company seemed a little perturbed with the effort, supervisors did not make any overt attempts to stymie the union.

At Providence women’s clinics, Providence Home Health and Hospice, and Providence Medford Medical Center, workers will vote on unionizing.

The NLRB says employer misconduct may justify re-running a union election at New Seasons market in Hillsboro last September.

The unit of 118 workers would be in AFSCME Local 1790, which represents workers at All Good Northwest, Janus Youth Programs, and Outside In.

Gotcha: He didn’t pay for food that was otherwise headed to the garbage.

The union has had discussions with workers at Wood Mechanix for years, and soon they'll vote in a union election.