Collective bargaining

Health techs are demanding living wages in the next union contract with Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals.

The contract covers almost 700 firefighters. In addition to regular cost of living adjustments, it increases pay 4.5% over four years.

At least seven Jeopardy! contestants who hope to compete in the annual Tournament of Champions say they won’t take part.

An estimated 340,000 Teamsters-represented workers at UPS are set to strike after their contract expires if no new agreement is in place.

Two unions representing nearly 30,000 Oregon state workers reached agreements that would provide a cumulative 13% raise over two years.

Photojournalists and editors say the station’s corporate owner is trying to undo hard-won agreements over staffing and union jurisdiction.

Joint mediation with Providence Portland, Providence Seaside, and Providence Home Health and Hospice is scheduled for Aug. 9.

In year one, journeymen will make $42.86 an hour plus $19.38 in benefits for a total compensation package of $62.24 an hour.

The master agreement with signatory contractors expired June 30, and bargaining has reached impasse. Members will take a strike vote Aug. 5.

The deal with wall and ceiling contractors aligns with the one ratified in May with the larger Signatory Painting Contractors Organization.

Oregon’s first nurse strike in decades built solidarity and prompted legal questions about the use of strikebreakers. But no contract, yet.

The six-year agreement, if ratified by union members, would cover more than 22,000 longshore workers across 29 ports.

UPS has agreed to eliminate a two-tier wage system, end forced overtime on drivers’ days off, and establish MLK Day as a full holiday.

Nearly 1,800 nurses and clinicians may strike June 19 at Providence Portland, Providence Seaside, and Providence Home Health and Hospice.

If approved, the agreement with Oregon Nurses Association will boost base pay between 33% and 48%, depending on experience.

The deal with AFSCME Local 189 comes after Portland City Council chastised auditor Simone Rede for bargaining.

In total, 962 nurses represented by the Oregon Nurses Association were eligible to vote, and nearly every one did. It was near unanimous.

For the second time in a row, Painters Local 10 obtained historic pay raises for members. Readiness to strike made all the difference.

Facing a May 1 strike date, painting contractors came back to the table proposing $9.66 in raises over three years.

Writers Guild of America unanimously called the strike after 6 weeks bargaining with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.