The results of an NLRB hearing may overturn election in favor of UFCW-organized union A recent failed union vote at a New Seasons Market location is drawing scrutiny from federal authorities. The National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, will evaluate whet ...
25 Jan 2023 - Aurora Biggers
Workers say they’re organizing to improve workplace conditions, get better pay and have union protections Workers at the Potbelly sandwich shop on Southwest Sixth Avenue delivered paperwork to management requesting voluntary recognition of their union, Po ...
18 Jan 2023 - Aurora Biggers
Nonprofit workers assisting homeless youth await recognition from management Workers at New Avenues for Youth, a social services nonprofit for homeless youth, notified organization leadership they want a union. Despite requesting voluntary recognition fro ...
28 Dec 2022 - Aurora Biggers
Oregon ranked 13th highest in percent increases in overall NLRB cases across the nation this year, increasing NLRB filings by 147% from 2021 In 2022, Oregon’s labor scene had a burst of activity across trades — ranging from health care to electrical work ...
21 Dec 2022 - Aurora Biggers
NSLU may be part of a new tide in the labor movement — a network of solidarity between independent unions questioning the need for institutional unions Why form an independent union instead of benefiting from the resources and support of a larger establis ...
16 Nov 2022 - Aurora Biggers
Lost jobs and labor violations — local union workers hope to caution the community for next time “Amazon comes into town Behind a metal fence on a once desolate lot, construction crews excavate solid rock, erect thick steel beams and pour concrete for lon ...
24 Mar 2022 - Aurora Biggers
Labor organizer and former Burgerville grill cook Mark Medina on the significance of the union victory Editor’s Note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity After more than three years battling management, the Burgerville Workers Union reac ...
16 Feb 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Even when employers break the law, not much happens. W hen asked “why now” — why this moment for people to come together, to brave the risk of getting fired, the strain of psychological warfare in the workplace, to face the basic perils of union organizin ...
9 Feb 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Kaiser Permanente workers say the healthcare company declined proposed contract changes, now prepared to strike due to a lack of safe staffing, saying it puts the health and safety of patients and workers at risk. After more than a year of unprecedented c ...
6 Oct 2021 - Aurora Biggers
12-hour work days and reduced healthcare coverage, here's why Nabisco workers are on strike Mondelez Nabisco workers at the company’s cookie plant in North Portland entered their 26th day of striking on Sept. 4 after union members walked out of the p ...
8 Sep 2021 - Aurora Biggers