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Oregon

A Union Guide to Oregon’s May 2022 primary

Apr 30, 2022

Oregon voters have a lot of choices. This is a guide to which candidates want—and deserve—the support of union members and working people.

Jobs

TriMet starting pay jumps 48% in a year

May 6, 2022

Amid a severe bus driver shortage, starting pay jumped from $17 to $25.24. Plus a $7,500 sign-on bonus. These are union jobs with benefits.

Collective Bargaining

Providence St. Vincent nurses are ready to strike

May 6, 2022

After more than six months of unsuccessful bargaining, about 1,600 ONA-represented nurses could walk off the job with 10 days notice.

Jobs

Biden in Portland: ‘Union workers are the best’

May 4, 2022

During a brief visit to Portland, President Joe Biden said union workers and apprenticeships will be vital in rebuilding U.S. infrastructure.

Jobs

Metro jurisdictions ratify high-road commitments

May 4, 2022

The Regional Workforce Equity Agreement, which was led by local building trades union reps, will lead to dozens of project labor agreements.

Job Training

Apprentice competitions return

May 4, 2022

In their first competition in two years, UA Local 290 apprentices showed demonstrated their fitting, plumbing, welding and HVAC skills.

Politics

One-time union steward runs for governor

May 4, 2022

John Sweeney, 82, is a former union officer with Laborers Local 483 and is running for Oregon governor in the Democratic primary.

Collective Bargaining

New contract raises Insulator wages $10

May 4, 2022

Wages are set to rise up to $10 an hour in two Insulators Local 36 master agreements covering about 255 members.

Union Organizing

Workers at tiny house villages want a union for safety

May 4, 2022

So-called “safe rest villages” in Portland are highly unsafe for staffers, leading workers to seek union representation with AFSCME.

Union Organizing

Workers at five Oregon Starbucks are now union

May 4, 2022

Workers at four Starbucks stores in Eugene voted to unionize on April 28, joining Oregon’s first union Starbucks that voted two weeks prior.

Union Organizing

Cannabis growers strike for recognition

May 4, 2022

Boycott: UFCW Local 555 says don’t buy Cannabis Nation products until the company recognizes union representation for workers.

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