Collective bargaining

Members of the Oregon Nurses Association at Providence hospitals in Portland and Milwaukie approved two-year contracts with their employer.

AFSCME and Oregon Health and Science University management have reached several tentative agreements, but have not settled on wage increases.

After 17 weeks of bargaining and some tentative agreements, economics are a key sticking point between OHSU and AFSCME.

A bargaining unit of 233 nurses at Providence Willamette Falls in Oregon City voted to ratify a new contract, in ballots counted July 11.

The contract covers 17 workers at Fruit & Flower Rock Creek, which is connected to PCC’s Rock Creek campus.

A group of 115 workers at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital in Lincoln City have a new three-year contract.

AFSCME Local 88’s previous three-year contract with Central City Concern expired June 30. Wages are a sticking point in bargaining.

Tree trimmers represented by IBEW Local 125 rejected the final offer from a group of employers, paving the way for escalating action.

The immigrant rights group Causa recognized a union two years ago, but never reached agreement on a first contract.

The International Longshore & Warehouse Union and West Coast ports say they’re focused on negotiating, rather than escalating action.

If they don't reach a deal soon, Oregon Nurses Association members could strike at three Providence hospitals July 11.

The Milwaukie, Oregon-based company never accepted a 2017 vote by its welders to join the Machinists union.

Providence St. Vincent nurses would get up to 14% raises and a stronger commitment from management to follow staffing levels.

Nurses at Providence hospitals in Oregon City and Milwaukie are voting through June 2 on whether to authorize a strike.

Hammered out in 10 months, the union's first contract with newspaper owner Lee Enterprises will be up in a year.

AFSCME Local 88 is focused on worker safety, wages and equity in its first full contract negotiation with Multnomah County in five years.

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

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

AFSCME says Portland city management bargained in bad faith and implemented its re-entry plan without union agreement.

Wages rise $3.95 an hour under the new agreement, which covers nearly 1,000 metal trades workers at Portland and Seattle shipyards.