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Unionized Oregon Public Broadcasting Workers Plan to Picket Over Wages Friday Morning

Workers at Oregon Public Broadcasting who are unionized with the Service Employees International Union Local 570 are holding a picket tomorrow morning in a demand for higher wages.

Burgerville Union Picketers Shut Down a Southeast Portland Store on Friday. And They’re Poised to Go on Strike Again

A four-day-long strike by Burgerville employees came to an end Sunday when the Burgerville Workers Union said management agree to renegotiate wage contracts. But another strike could be imminent.

Burgerville Execs Plan to “Investigate Any Incidents of Harassment” After Patriot Prayer Members Show Up at a Union Picket

Last night at a union picket at Burverville’s headquarters in Vancouver, Wash., the Burgerville Worker Union alleged members of the right-wing extremist group Patriot Prayer showed up and “harrassed striking workers.”

Portland Burgerville Workers Launch Strike Over Failed Wage Negotiations

Workers at four Portland Burgerville locations—the Convention Center, 92nd Avenue and Powell Street, Hawthorne and Montavilla—this morning walked off the job in protest of wage negotiations.

Mayor Ted Wheeler Cancels Participation in San Francisco Panel on Homelessness Rather than Cross Picket Line

Mayor Ted Wheeler bails out of a panel on homelessness in San Francisco rather than cross a Kaiser picket line.

Her Group Rallied Behind the Historic Union Drive At Burgerville. Can Olivia Katbi Smith Harness Portland’s Left To Make an Even Bigger Impact?

Olivia Katbi Smith went to Burgerville last month to celebrate. But she wasn’t there to get a Tillamook cheeseburger basket.

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