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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 Workers Union Ends Strike After Management Agrees to Renegotiate Wages

A strike by workers at Portland Burgerville stores came to an end today after management agreed to renegotiate wage proposals with the Burgerville Workers Union.

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.

Portland Burgerville Workers Prepare to Strike on Saturday Over Wage Negotiations

For nearly a year, workers with the Burgerville Workers Union have been calling for a boycott in demand of fair contract negotiations with management.

Student Climate Activists Don’t Want the Portland Mayor to Fly to Copenhagen

What climate-striking teens want to tell the mayor.

When Climate Change Forces You to Flee the Earth on a Spaceship, What Two Items Will You Definitely Bring With You?

Photos from the 2019 Global Climate Strike.

City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty Blasts Portland Police Actions at Friday Climate Rally

Echoing Urban League president, Hardesty says cops “unnecessarily escalated a situation.”

Oregon Democratic Party Joins Call for Fred Meyer Boycott

Local Fred Meyer workers are calling for customers to boycott Oregon and Southwest Washington stores in protest of low wages, alleged gender pay inequities and unfair labor practices.

Forceful Arrest of Student Climate Protesters Draws Condemnation From Portland Civic Leaders

“It was shocking to see police officers push into a group of children, and toss two boys to the ground to be handcuffed,” Nkenge Harmon Johnson tells WW.

“We Want Change”: Tens of Thousands of Portland Teens Call for Action in Global Climate Strike

“I came out here because we’re all going to die soon if we don’t!” said PNCA sophomore Clay Kemper.

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