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Month: March 2018

Collective Bargaining

Portland Public School bus drivers are speaking up

Mar 29, 2018

School bus drivers say they shouldn’t be earning $5 an hour less than school district truck drivers who transport food.

Collective Bargaining

Strike averted at Vigor shipyards

Mar 29, 2018

A new four-year contract will raise wages $4.35 an hour.

Union Democracy

Kaiser Permanente union coalition splits

Mar 27, 2018

The day before bargaining was to begin, unions representing 45,000 members left the coalition, while unions representing 70,700 members remain.

Union Organizing

Burgerville Workers Union expects to call for a union election

Mar 26, 2018

If a majority votes yes at the 92nd and Powell location, it could be the nation’s first official union at a fast food chain.

Union Organizing

At Reed College, students are unionizing

Mar 23, 2018

In the dorms, a new independent union of residential advisors wants greater security and improved compensation.

Union Democracy

New top leader at SEIU Local 503

Mar 23, 2018

Melissa Unger, sworn in March 10, comes to the job with decades of political experience.

Union Organizing

New leadership at New Seasons — CEO is out, and so are union-busters, for now

Mar 14, 2018

The new co-presidents of New Seasons Market say they’ll meet with New Seasons Workers United.

Union Organizing

Oregon State University faculty launch union campaign

Mar 14, 2018

OSU professors could join the union that represents fellow faculty at UO and PSU, and WOU.

Collective Bargaining

PSU grad student faculty ratify their first-ever union contract

Mar 14, 2018

The three-year deal covers about 800 workers and is the culmination of a joint campaign by AFT-Oregon and American Association of University Professors.

Politics

Union members are running for office

Mar 14, 2018

Tired of waiting for politicians to deliver? With help from Oregon Labor Candidate School, union members are running for office themselves.

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