Pacific Northwest favorite Burgerville, opened in 1961 by founder George Propstra, has been the battleground for a contentious union fight between ownership and staff for the past five years. Workers saw victories when the Burgerville Workers Union formed in 2018 and secured its first contract in 2021 with the company. But that agreement expired in May 2023, and, since then, the union has been working to negotiate a new contract.
Now, the union claims that Burgerville’s leadership team is not only stalling negotiations but retaliating against staff. According to the Portland Mercury, the union has filed 10 unfair labor practice (ULP) suits with the National Labor Relations Board
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