Collective bargaining

Union contracts covering 1,300 City workers expire Dec. 31, on the eve of the city’s shift to a whole new leadership structure.

Nearly two years into contract bargaining, the company revealed its wage proposal: a 25 cent raise — in exchange for dropping health benefits.

The new contract gives Bakers Local 114 members an immediate $2.50 per hour raise, with $1 raises in years two and three.

Bigfoot Beverages has withdrawn recognition of Teamsters Local 324 and Local 206, terminated the contract, and halted pension contributions.

After a week-long strike — the first in the union’s history — Benton County workers represented by AFSCME Local 2064 ratified a new contract.

Members of the Greater Albany Education Association (GAEA) won smaller class sizes and a 7% cost-of-living raise.

More than 1,000 graduate student workers went on strike after more than a year of negotiations over a new contract.

Boeing Machinists in Oregon and Washington returned to work Nov. 6 with historic contract gains, including raises totaling 43.65%.

Roughly 180 members of Bakers Local 114 at the Franz Bakery in Springfield have been on strike since Oct. 31.

In Washington County, AMR’s starting wage for EMTs is $18.39 per hour. In Multnomah County, under the union contract, it's $22.57 per hour.

They’ve waited years to send a message: After lives spent building planes, they deserve a secure retirement.

The Fred Meyer boycott is over. New contracts covering 11,000 workers will raise wages $4.50 over three years for the most senior workers.

No contract after 16 months? Workers at New Avenues for Youth decided it was time to make their case to donors.

The 86 workers who keep Kaiser's equipment going got a decent offer only after they gave Kaiser a 10-day notice that they planned to strike.

If approved, the contract will raise wages for over 200,000 letter carriers. If rejected, it will be decided by a neutral arbitrator.

A year after the big strike wins for workers, the data is in. New car prices actually dropped 1.06% on average. And GM's market share is up.

Boeing cut off strikers’ access to health benefits. Many have taken temporary jobs. But if anything, Boeing seems to be hurting even more.

For the second time in a row, union leaders will be bargaining with a new CEO and new ownership at shipyards in Portland and Seattle.

Roughly 45,000 longshore workers shut down East and Gulf Coast ports in the first International Longshoremen's Association strike since 1977.

The workers currently make $17,260 per year, which after taxes is less than the cost of the room and board in the dorms where they work.