Employees at Portland's Living Room Theaters voted Wednesday to form a new independent union, United Cinema Workers (UCW). Workers won the election 6-4. "Did you hear? We won," Audra Sweetland asked the Mercury, as she poured drinks for a handful of moviegoers. Sweetland is a server at the movie house and also president of the new union. The employee vote was a culmination of organizing efforts that began in December, in reaction to what staff.
Workers have picketed Living Room Theaters in downtown Portland since Saturday, as part of an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike, alleging that the company had violated labor laws in management's behavior towards staff. Employees said that seven of the company’s nine non-managerial staff members joined the four-day strike, which is expected to conclude Tuesday at 8 pm. The work stoppage originally started Friday afternoon, out of the eyesight of theatergoers. In the following days, the.
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The second race of the Patron series was held on Saturday in a decent Easterly wind with the course set for the traditional route between Western Beach and the RAF mark.
The race got off to a close start with Pablo Villar, deputising for the abs.