Posts tagged New Seasons Market

    New Seasons workers at store on Woodstock dump union

    September 10, 2025 // Workers at the Woodstock New Seasons Market store voted to go non-union in a 33-33 vote tallied Aug. 20. The store at 4500 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland, had been the third location of the upscale grocer to join New Seasons Labor Union (NSLU) when workers unionized in December 2022.

    Labor unions are much stronger in Oregon than nationally

    September 2, 2025 // Nearly 300,000 Oregon workers belong to a union, according to federal data, about 1 in 6 workers statewide. Union membership rates have fluctuated since the 1980s but have gradually increased over the past two decades.

    New Seasons workers to strike before Thanksgiving, urge community to boycott stores

    November 25, 2024 // More than 1,100 workers represented by New Seasons Labor Union have been bargaining for an agreement with the company, but Union representatives say the company is "not offering a viable path forward with negotiations." The union claims the most recent proposal included an increase of 25 cents to the starting wage, decreases to higher-paid union workers, a reduction in holiday pay, and an increase in the eligibility minimum for benefits and PTO from 24 to 30 hours a week.