Salem, Ore. – Drivers throughout Oregon celebrated when they got the freedom to gas up without the help of an attendant, but one of the state’s largest labor unions wants to put the attendants back on the job saying self-serve gas hasn’t helped anyone, however, it has put people out of work, made getting gas less accessible and made stations more dangerous.
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 submitted an initiative Wednesday that would reinstate a ban on self-service fueling. If UFCW can collect 117,173 valid signatures by July, voters will decide who can be trusted to operate Oregon’s gas pumps on the ballot in November 2024
