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
Public-sector Metro workers call out systemic racism and demand employees of color be treated fairly To confront what it describes as unjust labor practices and the inequitable history of the Oregon Convention Center, the union representing Metro regional ...
28 Jun 2020 - Jessica Pollard
Cultural resistance – through graphic design, cartoons and songs – was one of the Wobblies’ most effective tools Since Portland’s earliest days, the neighborhood now known as Old Town has been the place for the transient, the homeless and the unwanted. Po ...
4 Jan 2019 - JD Chandler
The homeless-services nonprofit's pro-union employees say higher wages and raises are needed to retain staff and better serve clients Editor's note: This story was updated to reflect the results of the Outside In vote. Workers at Outside In, one ...
16 May 2018 - Joanne Zuhl
We won't end racism until we end capitalism, says the radical thinker, writer and labor leader Gun enthusiasm is rooted more in racial suppression than in the Second Amendment, Bill Fletcher Jr. told an audience at the SeaTac Hilton in April. From th ...
11 May 2018 - Emily Green