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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.

Readers Respond to Portland Public Safety Unions’ Objects to a City Plan to Change the Way it Responds to 911 Calls

Last week, WW wrote about public safety unions’ objections to a city of Portland plan to change the way it responds to 911 calls (“An Injury to One,” WW, Nov. 27, 2019).

Artists Feel Chill at Milepost 5, an Affordable Housing Complex in East Portland

Tenants have demanded changes after saying the new owner, Community Development Partners, has caused conditions to deteriorate.

Unionization Effort Underway at Grand Central Bakery’s Northwest Portland Production Facility

Workers at Grand Central Bakery’s Northwest Portland production facility filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board on Friday, Nov. 22, requesting a union election.

Lewis and Clark Food Service Workers Win Appeal in Case Against Union Bosses, Alleging They Were Not Informed of Reduced Union Fee Option

Two Lewis and Clark College foodservice workers won an appeal in their case with the National Labor Relations Board in Washington D.C., alleging that Unite Here Local 8 union bosses failed to inform them of the reduced union fees they could pay by refraining from formal union membership.

Pine State Biscuits Is the Latest Portland Eatery With Labor Strife

A labor dispute at popular Portland breakfast chain Pine State Biscuits has made its way to City Hall.

Workers at Southeast Portland’s Scottie’s Pizza Parlor Quietly Unionized Last Month

As tensions over restaurant unions play out prominently across Portland—with a recent strike at Burgerville and rejected union at Little Big Burger—workers at Scottie’s Pizza Parlor quietly unionized last month.

Murmurs: Walden’s Retirement Creates Possibilities

In other news: Strike looms again at Burgerville.

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.

Unionized Staff At Disability Rights Oregon Allege Union Busting Amid Layoffs

On Sept. 18, workers at Disability Rights Oregon, which provides legal aid to Oregonians with disabilities, voted unanimously to form a union. In a statement today, those employees accused management of retaliatory layoffs.

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