Collective bargaining

The union is now calling on customers to take part in a general boycott of Fred Meyer.

As bargaining drags into its 20th month, the union has no choice but to escalate.

The agreement raises compensation $16 over four years for more than 5,000 members of Ironworkers locals in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.

Approximately 4,500 grocery and meat workers in the Portland area are on strike through Labor Day weekend.

About 2,500 TriMet workers have a new collective bargaining agreement that increases wages 13.6% over four years.

OHSU had said it would pay workers only the minimum salary set by the National Institutes of Health. When a strike neared, they reconsidered.

After voting down two previous offers, Local 29 members will vote on a third offer totaling $16 over four years.

Workers at 11 New Seasons Market locations in the Portland area are voting through Aug. 25 on whether to authorize a one-day strike.

The union contract with Boeing expires Sept. 12, at which point an estimated 34,000 workers could strike if they reject a final company offer.

Service Employees International Union Local 49 represents about 800 security guards and 1,400 janitors in the Portland metro area.

An Apple retail store in Towson, Maryland, became the first Apple workers in the United States to reach agreement on a union contract.

Average raises total 32% over the three year contract, and AFA says the agreement would make Alaska Airlines the industry leader in pay.

The union and New Seasons have met 21 times since January 2023 to negotiate and are still without a first collective bargaining agreement.

The two sides have been negotiating since September 2023, and OHSU has refused to offer raises of any amount.

The 4-year agreement was finalized after members voted in new leadership, with a ratification vote set for two days before they were sworn in.

Traffic flaggers — who have one of the most dangerous jobs — will get even bigger raises, starting with an immediate raise of $8 an hour.

The three-day strike wrapped up on June 21 but Providence wouldn’t allow all striking nurses to return to work for two more days.

Union members had previously voted to reject an offer of a $7.50 an hour compensation increase over three years.

The new three-year agreement raises wages and modifies an attendance policy workers felt was unnecessarily harsh.

Under the current regional master agreement, ironworkers in the Portland area make $43.82 an hour plus $33.98 an hour in fringe benefits.