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Union Organizing
Everything is awesome? At Legoland, not so much
The California Legoland theme park is fighting an attempt by ride technicians to join the Machinists union.
A Hillsboro tech firm sold for $100 million. Its workers think they should get a raise.
Not a dime of investors' fat payday was shared with the pipefitters who make the products the company sells.
A union at Portland’s Blue Star Donuts?
Doughnut Workers United has requested a union certification election at Blue Star Donuts, a chain with six Portland-area stores.
Doctors vote to unionize at six Legacy hospitals
Support was overwhelming in the votes to join the Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association, a union for physicians that formed in 2015.
UO undergrad workers vote overwhelmingly to unionize
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.
Newsroom staff at Bend Bulletin and Redmond Spokesman form union
The two publications are owned by EO Media Group, a private family-owned company that runs 15 newspapers and two magazines in Oregon.
OHSU lab workers launch union drive
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 College workers vote to join OPEIU Local 11
Reed housing advisors previously formed an independent union in 2018, but the college refused to recognize the union and filed legal appeals.
Doctors want a union at Legacy Health
All told, 235 doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants would unionize at all eight hospitals.
Portland Ridwell workers ask for union election with Teamsters Local 305
Ridwell provides curbside collection of hard to recycle items like batteries, plastic clamshell containers, lightbulbs, and more.
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.