Tracking the Modern Labor Rights Movement Within Portland’s Restaurant World

In 2018, Portland-based workers of the Northwestern chain Burgerville became the country’s first federally recognized fast-food union, but years later, countless Portland restaurants have pursued unionization and stronger worker protections

Contributors: Eater Portland Staff

In 2015, workers at the Pacific Northwestern chain Burgerville started building what would become the country’s first federally recognized fast-food union. It took three years from that point to actually become federally recognized, starting with a single store on 92nd and Powell.

Today, several Portland restaurants, bakeries, and

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