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On the Picket Line

Teamsters Local 206 and 324 enter their second week of picketing Bigfoot Beverages across Oregon to get their union members their pensions back

News 7 months ago

Bigfoot Beverages employees — represented by Teamsters Local 206 and Teamsters Local 324 — have been on strike since Sept. 19, fighting to preserve their … Continue reading →

UO Grad Students Declare Impasse

After 15 days of mediation graduate students have decided to throw a hail Mary and declare impasse. 

EW-Extra 2 years ago

The University of Oregon’s Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (GTFF) has officially declared impasse as of Thursday Oct. 19. After 15 days of mediation, GTFF stated … Continue reading →

Starbucks Workers Strike Back!

EMU Starbucks Workers strike after seven-year Starbucks employee is let go

BlogEW-ExtraNews 2 years ago

On Thursday, March 2, at 11:30 am Alice was told she was being fired from the University of Oregon’s EMU Starbucks. After working at different … Continue reading →

‘Exhausted, Disrespected’

Local bus operators bargain for mental health care, competitive wages and the elimination of forced overtime

News 2 years ago
Photo of bus riders.

“Our workers are exhausted,” says Bill Bradley, executive board officer of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757. ATU is bargaining with Lane Transit District management … Continue reading →

CAHOOTS, HOOTS Unanimously Vote to Unionize

Workers at White Bird’s popular programs look at next steps in union process after successful vote

News 3 years ago

Workers at White Bird’s crisis response programs CAHOOTS and HOOTS are on the same page when it comes to voting on unionizing.  The two groups … Continue reading →

Unionizing Mission Driven Work

CAHOOTS, HOOTS at White Bird are unionizing in hopes of retaining and recruiting workers through better benefits and working conditions

News 3 years ago

During 2020, White Bird’s CAHOOTS program hit the mainstream as an alternative model to law enforcement. It saw countless stories in publications from People Magazine … Continue reading →

State of the Union

Longtime union educator and activist looks back on years working in organized labor and the future of unions 

News 3 years ago

David and Goliath is one of the most told underdog stories in history, an allegory used to describe most uneven fights from sports games to … Continue reading →

Under a Microscope

Local Starbucks employees remain resilient despite union-busting tactics

News 3 years ago

Soon after news broke in December 2021 that Starbucks workers at a Buffalo, New York, location had filed paperwork to form a union, Jake LaMourie, … Continue reading →

‘Working Class Champion’

Lane County Commissioner Joe Berney is honored by local trade unions

BlogEW-ExtraNews 3 years ago

On April 27, the Lane, Coos, Curry, Douglas Building Trades Council announced that its first-ever “Working Class Champion” award was given to Lane County Commissioner … Continue reading →

Sense of Relief

Eugene School District 4J and the Eugene Education Association reach tentative contract agreement after months of bargaining

BlogEW-ExtraNews 3 years ago

More than 700 people and dozens of educators, dressed in red as an expression of solidarity, attended the Thursday, Feb. 17 Eugene School District 4J … Continue reading →

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