Northwest Labor Press

Weeklong teacher walkouts at Evergreen School District and Camas School District won major improvements for students.

As of Friday, United Auto Workers will either have a tentative agreement or be striking around the country at GM, Ford, and Stellantis.

Contractors who bid on public projects with the City of Vancouver now must verify that their subcontractors are not labor law violators.

The Sacred Heart Medical Center University District closure would need the approval of the Oregon Health Authority.

About 75 paper mill workers represented by AWPPW Local 1 will lose their jobs in October when the plant closes.

Members of ILWU Local 5 at Powell’s Books held a one-day strike Sept. 4 to protest alleged bad-faith bargaining by the company.

Republic Services, which operates the Coffin Butte landfill, cancels bargaining at the last minute and gave non-union workers a raise.

Workers at Kaiser Permanente hospitals in seven states and Washington D.C. are voting on a strike authorization through Sept. 16.

If they authorize a strike, almost 3,200 nurses represented by the Oregon Nurses Association could walk out as soon as Sept. 28.

Collective Bargaining

At a cement quarry in Eastern Oregon, a new four-year contract creates a worker training program and provides a 14% raise overall.