Union Organizing

Servers at Crux brew pub in Bend want to unionize

The Crux Front of the House Employees Union is looking to organize 13 workers at Crux Fermentation Project in Bend.

A union of Intel employees?

Matt West, who ran for Congress in the recent Democratic primary, has announced a union effort covering engineers at Intel.

Workers at tiny house villages want a union for safety

So-called “safe rest villages” in Portland are highly unsafe for staffers, leading workers to seek union representation with AFSCME.

Workers at five Oregon Starbucks are now union

Workers at four Starbucks stores in Eugene voted to unionize on April 28, joining Oregon's first union Starbucks that voted two weeks prior.

Cannabis growers strike for recognition

Boycott: UFCW Local 555 says don’t buy Cannabis Nation products until the company recognizes union representation for workers.

Union at Amazon

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York, have voted 2,654 to 2,131 to join the brand-new grassroots Amazon Labor Union.

Oregon’s first union Starbucks

Workers at a Eugene Starbucks voted 17-0 to unionize. In the next month, ballots will be counted at a dozen more Oregon stores.

Jim Fisher Volvo hires union-buster

A federal disclosure shows Jim Fisher himself made the agreement with a union-busting firm. Mandatory antiunion meetings started immediately. 

A Seattle Starbucks votes to unionize

Nearly 170 Starbucks locations nationwide have requested union representation elections so far, including 16 in Oregon.

Workers at Clinton-linked non-profit vote against union

Workers at the Alliance For A Healthier Generation contacted OPEIU Local 11 last year expressing interest in unionizing.

Starbucks union goes viral

Union campaigns at Starbucks have been exploding in recent weeks. Workers at over 130 locations in 29 states have requested union elections.

Amazon workers get second union vote

NLRB ordered a new election after Amazon broke labor law at its Alabama warehouse. Ballots, mailed out Feb. 4, will be counted March 28.

Elon Musk baiting union again

Tesla workers held their first-ever workplace representation vote Feb. 28 ... in Germany. But in the US, Tesla has so far resisted unionizing.

Suicide hotline workers vote to unionize

More than 160 employees of nonprofit behavioral health provider Lines for Life are now members of AFSCME Local 1790.

Multnomah County pharmacists join AFSCME

Multnomah County has recognized the decision of a group of 30 Health Department pharmacists to join AFSCME Local 88.

Workers at NORPAC, a Longview paper mill, vote to stay nonunion

A union campaign by ILWU at the Longview paper mill launched in late November but fell short in ballots counted Feb. 22.

Mirisata restaurant goes union

The vegan Sri Lankan spot on Southeast Belmont in Portland is a worker-owned co-op. Now non-owner employees will be union. 

More Starbucks stores seek union

Nine Starbucks locations have now filed for union representation in Oregon, including six in Eugene alone.

Workers at six more Starbucks stores in Oregon announce plans to unionize

As of Feb. 1, 55 Starbucks stores nationwide have launched union efforts with Workers United, an affiliate of SEIU.

Providence Medford hospital techs want union

A group of 118 technical employees at Providence medical facilities in southern Oregon is petitioning to join SEIU Local 49.