PLEASE SHARE WIDELY to support unionizing preschool teachers who have been illegally furloughed! bit.ly/guidepost-reli…

On Thursday, join us as we kick off our Portland Workers Assembly Series every second Thursday from 7 - 8:30pm in the Augustana Church Fellowship Hall (2710 NE 14th)!

Talks will feature a panel of speakers sharing their experiences as a starting point for wider discussion.

A visual aid to accompany Hamilton's very good article: bit.ly/UnionBookstore…

I've done book events at union book stores across the country and even some of the owners have said unions work well for them. The Barnes & Noble Union organizing BN would be a big step towards building a union industry. Easy way to help is buy your books at union book stores NOT AMAZON.

It’s official, folks! Our new unit at WWL is officially certified by the NLRB as ILWU Local 23! We won the vote last Thursday 104-56, no objections were filed by the employer, and now we’re on toward a first contract!

The educators of Guidepost Montessori in Tigard are unionizing in the ILWU Local 5 Early Ed Division! Early educators have an incredibly important role & deserve all the support they can get. We are proud to stand with #GuidepostWorkersUnion as they embark on their union journey!

Hey Wallenius, are you listening? We are ready for a contract. ✊

Middle schoolers ready to strike? Da Vinci Middle School kids are gearing up for a production of “Newsies,” loosely based on the real-life story of a 1899 strike by child newspaper hawkers in New York City. | nwLaborPress buff.ly/49mn1EI

Congrats to the newest members of ILWU Local 5, the staff of American Federation of Musicians Union (@afm99)! ✊🏽🥁

JWJ is excited about this new partnership between two important unions within our coalition & to see union workers assert their right to organize in their own right!

Please join us in welcoming the staff of American Federation of Musicians Union Local 99 (Musicians Union Local 99) to ILWU Local 5, and congratulate them on their swift voluntary recognition! 👏👏👏

Bike mechanics at Portland's Community Cycling Center have ratified a one-year contract that increases paid time off, ensures cost of living raises, and establishes basic union protections. | nwLaborPress ILWU Local 5
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An open letter to WWL/WWS Tacoma Vehicle Processing Management:
 
We are disappointed that your facility continues to take an outright hostile stance towards workers choosing to join our union.

Now that I’ve cleaned out the shop-steward reference books I’d been eyeing:

Besides using the promo code mentioned in QT be sure to use the ILWU Local 5 Powells portal link (midway down the pg here: ilwulocal5.com/support) so that 7.5% of your purchases go to the strike fund

📣 Auto processing workers at Wallenius Wilhelmsen Solutions are on STRIKE!! 📣

These are the workers who handle imported cars, putting on the finishing touches before they’re loaded aboard trucks and trains and sent to the dealership.

Tomorrow is the last day to sign the statement to help preserve the mural. We need 200 more signatures.

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In my last week as interim Executive Director of the CCC, I had the honor of working with the board to voluntarily recognize unionization. This news brings joy to my heart! Unions are good for management, because it brings more partnership to the organization.

BIG NEWS: Community Cycling Center workers (members of ILWU Local 5) ratified their first union contract! Check out the highlights below, and join us in showering them with congratulatory emojis 🤩❤️🎉🔥👏

Newest members of ILWU Local 5: the workers of Northwest Workers' Justice Project! Congrats on your VOLUNTARY RECOGNITION 🎉

¡El personal de NWJP está sindicalizadose! NWJP reconoció el sindicato de manera voluntaria, sosteniendo su compromiso a la justicia obrera, no sólo en la comunidad, sino también dentro de su propia organización y han escogido a ILWU Local 5 como su representante.

The staff of Northwest Workers’ Justice Project (NWJP) is unionizing! NWJP has voluntarily recognized the union, upholding its commitment to worker justice, not only in the community, but within its organization. The workers of NWJP have selected ILWU Local 5 to represent them!