labor

More than 600 City of Portland employees are planning to go on strike February 2 as contract negotiations between the city and their union, Portland City Laborers (PCL), have dragged on for nearly 10 months. Union members say the city has not kept their wages in step with inflation, effectively giving pay cuts to hundreds […]

Staff at New Avenues for Youth, a Portland nonprofit focused on addressing youth homelessness, announced a plan to unionize Tuesday. According to workers, 80 percent of the estimated 130 employees eligible to join the union have expressed support of the labor movement.  More than twenty workers marched to the office of New Avenues’ Director Sean […]

As of Monday afternoon, workers at more than half of all New Seasons grocery stores in the Portland Metro area have moved to unionize. A New Seasons store in Beaverton’s Cedar Hills neighborhood became the tenth to file a petition to hold a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Monday. As with […]

Workers at the Afuri Ramen and Dumpling restaurant in downtown Portland filed for union recognition with the National Labor Relations Board on Friday. The unionization push at the acclaimed Japanese restaurant comes in the midst of a wave of organizing efforts by Portland food service workers. Afuri organizers say that more than 80 percent of […]

A North Portland New Seasons store is the eighth to announce its workers’ intent to unionize in the last six months. Employees at the Arbor Lodge New Seasons, located on N Interstate Ave. and N Holman St, made public its workers’ union drive Tuesday, after several weeks of organizing. Unlike workers at other New Seasons […]

Workers at New Seasons’ Slabtown store voted 62-14 to unionize Thursday, making them the second shop to join the burgeoning New Seasons Labor Union (NSLU).   Employees at the Slabtown store at NW Raleigh St. and 22nd Ave. first filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in August. At the time, […]

Staff at two New Seasons Markets in Northeast Portland have filed paperwork to join the budding independent union representing workers employed by the chain grocery store.  “A lot of our customers spend more money on groceries at New Seasons because they believe the store treats its employees well,” said Ollie Blackwood, a worker at New […]

Workers at a Southeast Portland Burgerville store are joining the wave of labor organizing that’s sweeping Portland. On Monday, workers employed at the Burgerville restaurant at SE Powell Ave and SE 25th Ave announced their intent to join the Burgerville Workers Union (BVWU), the nation’s first fast food union. The announcement follows workers’ allegations that […]

The Woodstock New Seasons market is the latest New Seasons location to join a local unionizing push among the grocery chain. On Friday, workers at the Woodstock store filed a union certification petition with the National Labor Relations Board—the first step toward union recognition. The workers aim to join the New Seasons Labor Union (NLSU), […]

Employees at the Sellwood New Seasons store voted against unionizing Thursday afternoon, just 24 hours after their peers at a SE Division New Seasons shop voted to unionize. A total of 33 workers voted against unionizing, while 29 voted to join the New Seasons Labor Union. The results come as a blow to workers eager […]

Workers at New Seasons’ SE Division store have voted to unionize, forcing the grocery chain’s management to formally recognize the New Seasons Labor Union. A total of 62 workers voted to unionize, with 15 voting against it. A majority vote in favor of the union was required to win the election.  The union, which first […]

People of color working at the Oregon Convention Center Burgerville location are lobbying to have their store manager removed for his allegedly racist actions.  On July 15, Burgerville Workers United—the union representing the chain’s staff—filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) signed by almost all workers of color at the Convention Center […]