Union Organizing

Shipyard painters go union

A dozen workers who paint vessels on Swan Island in Portland have unionized, increasing the union density at the Vigor Industrial shipyard.

Bend brewpub will stay nonunion

Workers at Crux Fermentation Project voted 10-2 against unionizing with an independent labor organization, in ballots counted Aug. 4.

Fourth Portland-area New Seasons launches union

Workers at a New Seasons Market in Northwest Portland are organizing with an independent labor organization.

Strikes shut down all but one Eugene Starbucks

Within a week, a strike grew from one to seven Starbucks locations in Eugene, Oregon. That meant every union store in the city was on strike.

Starbucks Portland closure: Timing smacks of union busting

Workers have been raising safety concerns at a Portland Starbucks for years, but the company only took action days before a union election.

Workers at Portland pet and garden store go union

Workers at Fang! Pet & Garden Supply and Salty’s Pet Supply in Portland voted 13-0 to unionize with ILWU Local 5, in ballots counted July 19.

UPS hires union buster . . . at unit of five employees

The parcel delivery giant flew in a Florida-based union buster to try to talk workers out of unionizing with Teamsters Local 670.

Union votes scheduled at three New Seasons stores

Workers at New Seasons Market stores in Portland and Hillsboro will be mailed ballots this month for three separate union organizing efforts.

Bistro workers: We’ve been plucked for too long

At the French bistro Alouette PDX, under-staffing and a lack of management support proved to be the perfect recipe for workers to launch a union drive.

Joyful Noise child care workers go union

Workers at a chain of four child development centers in Portland voted by a three-to-one margin to unionize with ILWU Local 5.

Hospital workers want into the union in Portland and Pendleton

The Oregon Nurses Association recently filed paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board to represent workers at two Oregon hospitals.

Starbucks union victories continue in Washington

Workers at a Bellingham Starbucks became the 15th location in Washington to affiliate with Workers United when ballots were counted July 6.

Bend brew pub union election moves forward

More than two-dozen workers at Crux Fermentation Project will decide in the coming weeks whether to affiliate with an independent union.

Union at Portland Verizon stores

Workers at two Verizon Express stores in Northwest Portland announced a union campaign July 6 with Communications Workers of America (CWA).

Union Starbucks in Oregon

19 Starbucks in Oregon have voted to unionize since April 2022, including stores in Eugene, Portland, Beaverton, Gresham, and Happy Valley.

Cannabis boycott remains as strike wanes

At Gresham cannabis grower CBN Holdings, a strike for union recognition has dragged on without result, and workers have had to find new jobs.

Machinists file for union election at Weyerhaeuser facilities in Albany and Eugene

The two units, some of the last remaining nonunion, would bring 145 new members to Machinists District Lodge W24.

Apple store workers form first ever union

An Apple retail store in Towson, Maryland, in June became the first Apple store in the country to unionize.

Another New Seasons union announced

A start-up union formed by workers at New Seasons Market on Southeast Division Street in Portland is organizing at a second location.

Starbucks union continues Portland winning streak

Workers United has won union elections at all 11 Portland-area Starbucks stores where ballots have been counted.

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