For the first time in 20 years, workers at Portland’s most iconic indie bookstore will go on a ‘No’-Labor Day strike after they say the business violated federal labor laws.
Powell’s Books will close all three of its retail locations on Monday, Sept. 4 as its union members gather for a single-day strike in protest of the company’s negotiation tactics. According to ILWU Local 5, the labor union representing Powell’s workers since 2000, the business has “bargained in bad faith” by not engaging with union proposals and stalling the bargaining process.
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