Workers at a third New Seasons grocery store have joined the burgeoning labor organizing efforts. On Thursday, employees at the grocery chain's Sellwood location filed a petition to join the New Seasons Labor Union (NSLU) with the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday. "We're tired of being unable to bring any issues to management," said Jakob Parsons, a grocery clerk at the Sellwood store. "It’s accepted among workers that, if you try, you’re not going.
Employees at the Sellwood New Seasons store voted against unionizing Thursday afternoon, just 24 hours after their peers at a SE Division New Seasons shop voted to unionize. A total of 33 workers voted against unionizing, while 29 voted to join the New Seasons Labor Union. The results come as a blow to workers eager to join the independent union. Sellwood New Seasons workers first filed their petition to join the burgeoning New Seasons Labor.
Workers at New Seasons’ Seven Corners store in Southeast Portland officially moved to unionize Friday after filing paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board. Store employees say they want to form a union to have a voice in company negotiations, particularly when it comes to wages and benefits. “The last two years have been extraordinarily difficult for everyone, and especially for us grocery workers, forced as we were onto the front lines of an unprecedented.
Employees at New Seasons' Slabtown location on Northwest Raleigh St. and 22nd Ave. filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Monday. The store is the fourth New Seasons location in the Portland metro region to move to unionize in the past three months, and the third to specifically join the effort for an independent union, dubbed the New Seasons Labor Union. Workers organizing the union effort at the Slabtown.
Workers at a third New Seasons grocery store have joined the burgeoning labor organizing efforts. On Thursday, employees at the grocery chain's Sellwood location filed a petition to join the New Seasons Labor Union (NSLU) with the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday. "We're tired of being unable to bring any issues to management," said Jakob Parsons, a grocery clerk at the Sellwood store. "It’s accepted among workers that, if you try, you’re not going.