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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

Portland workers form first Verizon Express union

Sep 14, 2022

By a vote of 4-1, workers at two Portland retail stores for telecom giant Verizon have unionized with the Communications Workers of America.

Union Organizing

Weyerhaeuser workers in Eugene stay nonunion

Sep 14, 2022

After a heavy anti-union campaign from management, Weyerhaeuser workers in Eugene voted against unionizing.

Union Organizing

Schoolhouse Electric hires unionbusters

Aug 25, 2022

Eight months after Portland home goods maker Schoolhouse was sold to a new owner, its workers are ready for a union.

Union Organizing

Weyerhaeuser workers go union in Albany

Aug 24, 2022

Forklift operators at a wood products distribution center voted 11-5 to affiliate with Machinists District Lodge W24.

Union Organizing

Nurses want union at hospital in Lincoln City

Aug 24, 2022

A unit of 70 nurses in Lincoln City is organizing with Oregon Nurses Association to improve work conditions and get a say in decision-making.

Union Organizing

Amazon union launches third New York campaign

Aug 24, 2022

Amazon Labor Union, which unionized an Amazon warehouse in April, announced it’s organizing at a facility near Albany, New York.

Union Organizing

Voodoo Doughnut workers relaunch union effort

Aug 17, 2022

Doughnut Workers United has begun a second campaign to organize downtown Portland’s Voodoo Doughnut store.

Union Organizing

Shipyard painters go union

Aug 17, 2022

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

Union Organizing

Bend brewpub will stay nonunion

Aug 17, 2022

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

Union Organizing

Fourth Portland-area New Seasons launches union

Aug 17, 2022

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

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