Burgerville’s Oregon Convention Center Location Unionizes in Portland | Eater Portland

"I watched workers at the Burgerville inside the Oregon Convention Center officially unionize after 67 percent of employees voted by secret ballot to join the country’s first federally recognized fast food workers union. Earlier, employees had joined Montavilla staff in signing a petition requesting voluntary recognition; afterward, Convention Center workers reported rampant union-busting and repercussions, including firings and suspensions. Morrisha Jones drew the most public attention when she was suspended without pay for arriving for work without her name tag while eight months pregnant. After workers spoke out in a Willamette Week piece, Burgerville rescinded those punishments, and last Friday the location formally joined the union in an election facilitated by the National Labor Relations Board." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden