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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.

Union Organizing

Union campaigns launch at two more New Seasons

Oct 19, 2022

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

Union Organizing

Schoolhouse Electric workers join IBEW

Oct 19, 2022

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

Union Organizing

Central Oregon nurses to hold union vote

Oct 19, 2022

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

Union Organizing

Machinists battle de-cert effort at Pierce Pacific

Oct 7, 2022

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

Union Organizing

Doormakers decide it’s time for a union

Oct 7, 2022

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

Union Organizing

Seattle shipyard painters unionize on the heels of Portland election

Oct 7, 2022

Specialty Finishes workers in both cities are now represented by Painters Local 10, which is preparing to bargain a first contract.

Union Organizing

Another Northwest newspaper goes union

Oct 7, 2022

Workers at The Daily Herald in Everett, Washington, voted 19-0 to affiliate with the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild.

Union Organizing

Voodoo Doughnut workers unionize in second attempt

Oct 7, 2022

The vote came after a previous union campaign in 2021 ended in a 9-9 tie, meaning a loss for the union. But after a year, the tide shifted.

Union Organizing

Union spreads at New Seasons

Oct 7, 2022

Workers at the Woodstock store say they were inspired by the New Seasons Labor Union’s recent victory at the Seven Corners market.

Union Organizing

First ever union win at New Seasons

Sep 15, 2022

Third time’s a charm for union supporters at the Seven Corners store; their independent union just won a representation vote four-to-one.

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