Portland Burgerville Workers Go on Strike Over Company Ban on Political Buttons

Burgerville workers at the chain’s Montavilla and 92nd and Powell locations today went on strike in protest of a recent company ban on political buttons.

Portland Tenants Union Has Raised Nearly $3,000 for Holgate Manor’s Rent Strike

A dozen tenants have so far elected not to pay rent this month over the conditions in the building.

Tenants in Southeast Portland Launch a Rent Strike, Hoping to Stay in Their Gentrifying Apartment Complex

The extreme measure comes after the landlord offered cash incentives to uproot longtime residents.

A WW Delivery Driver Goes on a Hunger Strike Against ICE—and Explains Why

“My confidence varies moment by moment.”

Protesters At Portland’s Occupy ICE Camp Start Hunger Strike To Pressure City Officials

The hunger strikers say they will eat when the ICE building shuts down permanently.

“Watsonville” Plunges into the Lives of Mexican Cannery Workers on Strike

The set of Milagro Theatre’s gripping production of Watsonville: Some Place Not Here is typical—tables, chairs and plenty of space for characters to pace about and pour their hearts out to the audience—save for a massive wooden backdrop emblazoned with images of towering, unshakable oak trees.

Legacy Health Avoids Strike, Gives Workers New Help With Health Insurance

The two sides reached a tentative agreement Nov. 1, the same day WW highlighted the plight of Nicole Lewis.

ICE Detainees Held at NORCOR Facility in The Dalles Pause Hunger Strike