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.
Before Oregon home care workers unionized in 2001, they earned $8.14 an hour and had no benefits, not even workers’ comp for injuries on the job. A new documentary tells their story.
When drivers voted to unionize, MTR Western terminated its contract to run Columbia County’s CC Rider transit service.
Updates on the union campaigns at Precision Castparts, New Seasons, and Reed College, plus President Trump’s “infrastructure Neverland”
Campaign Workers Guild signs its first Oregon contract with state representative Teresa Alonso Leon.
Meanwhile, Burgerville has agreed to no tangible improvements since contract bargaining began in May.
They work over 50 hours a week doing lab research, but OHSU says they’re students, not workers.
About 270 mental health and addiction recovery workers unionized with Oregon AFSCME in a series of elections held in October and November.
Just because managers might categorize workers as “temp” or “on-call” doesn’t make that accurate.
Low pay is the biggest issue for drivers who provide bus service between Clatskanie, Rainier, St. Helens, Scappoose, and Vernonia.
Union authorization cards signed by a majority of the 250 students were submitted Aug. 29.
