Collective bargaining

Teacher strike wave continues

Los Angeles teachers could have accepted management’s offer and spent the next few years complaining about it. Instead, they went on strike, all 32,000 of them, and won a stunning series of concessions. And in Vancouver, 700 paraeducators and other school support staff won a 17.5% increase hours before their strike was to begin.

LA teachers strike for smaller classes

The first teacher strike in LA in 30 years is the latest in a wave of teacher strikes that began last year.

HALL OF SHAMERS: The millionaire union member athletes who crossed hotel maid strike picket lines

It’s bad enough when regular members of the public cross a strike picket line.

Nabisco back at the table with Bakers

In October and November, the two sides met for bargaining for the first time in more than two years.

Oregon Zoo contracts out food service

Reversing the usual narrative, workers will be better off at Aramark, thanks to skillful union negotiations.

Hawthorne Burgerville becomes the third to formally unionize

Meanwhile, Burgerville has agreed to no tangible improvements since contract bargaining began in May.

New TriMet Lift contracts raise wages up to $3.91 an hour

Problems with bathroom breaks and rider wait times are still unresolved.

Union nemesis retires at TriMet

“I wished him well … and told him to stay away from ATU,” said union president Shirley Block.

Union bargaining drags on at Fred Meyer and Safeway

Patience is running out, says the union in an online ad campaign.

Teamsters announce new 5-year contract at UPS, despite member vote to reject it

The Teamsters UPS contract is the largest collective bargaining agreement in North America, and comes at a time that UPS is booming thanks to online shopping.

Tense bargaining with Kaiser Permanente ends with national deal and pledge to work on relationship

The new deal with 22 unions covers 47,000 workers in eight states.

Washington teacher strikes end with double digit raises

At the height of the Washington teacher strike wave, as many as 8,000 teachers were walking picket lines — including 5,000 in seven Southwest Washington districts.

New Teamsters contract at AMR raises wages 21 percent over four years

The 600-member unit provides ambulance service to Multnomah and Clackamas counties in Oregon, and Clark and Cowlitz counties in Washington.

Teacher strike wave hits Washington

For 60,000 Southwest Washington students, the first lesson of the school year is about union power.

Bargaining under way for 18,000 Oregon grocery workers

UFCW Local 555's “Unity Negotiations” will set the terms for workers at Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons and more.

Special ed bus drivers ratify long-delayed contract with Portland Public Schools

The new agreement raises starting pay to $18.50 an hour — up from $16.25 currently.

Medical techs secure a first union contract at Sacred Heart in Eugene

The new agreement provides annual raises of 3 percent, plus additional raises of 1 to 3 percent halfway through the third year to get members on a unified union wage scale.

Columbia Area Transit in Hood River signs first union contract with ATU Local 757

The agreement provides an immediate 10 percent raise followed by three annual raises totaling 8.7 percent over the life of the four-year agreement.

Northwest Machinists members approve new four-year contract with Weyerhaeuser

Members voted down two previous company offers and authorized a strike.

Union bakers picket outside Portland home of Nabisco board member

The profitable company is halting pension contributions at the same time it pays its executives so much that even shareholders are gagging.

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