Union Organizing

After 40 years of union representation, workers at Portland manufacturer Pierce Pacific will no longer be members of Machinists District Lodge W24.

New Seasons Labor Union has now won four elections since filing its first union petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in May.

With 87% turnout, Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) workers voted 111 to 91 to stay with Teamsters Local 58.

The proposed bargaining unit covers all pharmacy technicians at Rite Aid, at 2080 NW 9th St. in Corvallis.

The proposed bargaining unit covers all 37 non-management workers at the Burgerville at Southeast 26th and Powell Blvd.

Workers at North Portland and Beaverton branches of grocery chain New Seasons are seeking to affiliate with the New Seasons Labor Union.

A group of 19 workers at Afuri Ramen + Dumpling in downtown Portland say they want wage increases and safety improvements.

The company collects items that typical curbside recycling programs don’t accept, like batteries, lightbulbs, plastic film and more.

The bargaining unit includes all delivery drivers and delivery lead workers at the Clackamas, Oregon location.

Two classifications of workers at the newly formed agency are now represented by Professional & Technical Employees Local 17 (PROTEC17).

The Slabtown vote was the fourth union election at New Seasons in recent months, and three more stores have pending union elections.

Teamsters Local 58 currently represents production workers at the Tillamook County Creamery Association, which makes a variety of dairy products.

Management ran a standard anti-union campaign, attaching scare-tactic literature to paychecks and holding anti-union meetings.

The results won't be official until the National Labor Relations Board rules on numerous unfair labor practice charges against management.

The vote brings a five-year saga to a close in which company lawyers stonewalled union supporters at every turn.

Workers at grocery stores in Portland's Concordia and Grant Park neighborhoods are organizing with the New Seasons Labor Union.

The vote establishes a new bargaining unit of 71 workers at the Schoolhouse facility in Northwest Portland.

A group of 40 home health and hospice nurses at St. Charles Health System will decide whether to join the Oregon Nurses Association.

Machinists Local Lodge 1005 and District Lodge W24 are reminding Pierce-Pacific workers of the benefits of union representation.

The Millworkers United organizing campaign at Pacific Architectural Wood Products was set in motion over after-work beers.