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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.

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Janus Youth Programs employees vote to join AFSCME

Aug 4, 2015

Many workers at the non-profit earn barely above minimum wage.

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Oregon Shakespeare Festival files legal objection after stagehands vote to join IATSE

Jun 30, 2015

The appeal could add months of delay.

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OSEA to help build labor movement  in the Deep South

Jun 30, 2015

OSEA members will spend two weeks in Alabama helping school employees there unionize

Union Organizing

Food Front Cooperative Grocery workers vote to unionize

Jun 12, 2015

Workers want the stability of a union contract, pay transparency, and a grievance process

Union Organizing

Oregon Shakespeare Festival goes union with IATSE

Jun 11, 2015

Backstage crew members kept their union campaign positive.

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Outsourced school bus drivers vote to rejoin Oregon School Employees Association

Jun 10, 2015

They were union before Winston-Dillard School District outsourced student transportation in 2013

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Trumka to Oregon’s labor movement: Organize

Jun 4, 2015

American labor’s top official says the movement is in transition.

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Caregivers at Sacred Heart in Springfield unionize

Jun 3, 2015

It was the largest unit to have a union election in Oregon healthcare for nearly two decades.

Union Organizing

At Oregon Shakespeare Festival, stagehands want a union

Jun 2, 2015

Over management objections, workers will vote on whether to join IATSE.

Union Organizing

AFT 111 converts coworkers to members

May 22, 2015

More than 130 “fair share” employees have become full union members so far this year.

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