Collective Bargaining Archives

A 26-day strike led to an improved contract for 3,700 teachers, counselors, and librarians, including raises totaling 14.6% over three years.

New contracts with Caesars, MGM, and Wynn will increase pay 32% over five years for 40,000 workers, raising pay to $35 an hour.

The union is still seeking to put pressure on the company by encouraging patients to drop Kaiser, saying their health care could be at risk.

The current base wage is $17.77 an hour. The new two-year agreement also increases the number of hours caregivers are allowed to work.

More than 1,300 health care workers struck Oct. 23-27 at PeaceHealth Southwest in Vancouver and St. John Medical Center in Longview.

It’s a fight that teachers say has been brewing a long time.

Parents are joining Portland teachers on strike picket lines throughout the district — because they support what teachers are fighting for.

Members of IBEW Local 48 ratified three agreements in the last month that cover nearly all of the union’s 6,000 members.

The bargaining unit covers all legislative assistants supporting elected officials in the Oregon Legislature, between 90 and 180 workers.

One day before a planned strike, SEIU Local 1199NW reached a tentative agreement for a local add-on to Kaiser Permanente’s national contract.