Collective bargaining

AFSCME members ratify first contract at Volunteers of America

The employer's hard-line stance crumbled a week before VOA’s annual fundraising gala, which the union planned to picket.

Kaiser Permanente may be near a deal with breakaway union group

A national agreement covering 47,000 Kaiser employees may be wrapped up next week.

LIFT passengers support unions too

Workers at TriMet LIFT are bargaining for a new contract, but it’s not going well.

Teamsters reach deal at UPS

If ratified, a new five-year nationwide contract will cover 260,000 workers.

UPS Teamsters authorize strike

About 280,000 workers could walk out as soon as Aug. 1.

Nabisco unilaterally implements its terms on union workers

After two years without negotiations, Mondelēz-Nabisco is withdrawing from the union pension, and implementing annual raises of 2.25 percent.

Nabisco’s “final” final offer: $15,000 signing bonus

Two years after the union contract expired, Mondelēz/Nabisco offers workers $15,000 to agree to the company's final offer — and gives a May 20 deadline.

New contract for support staff at Portland Public Schools

The contract provides across-the-board raises of 3 and 2 percent, and an additional 5 percent for para-educators.

Several top Oregon union leaders arrested

Ten union leaders and supporters refused to leave the offices of nonprofit Volunteers of America Portland, which has stonewalled union bargaining.

Special ed bus drivers at Portland Public Schools declare impasse

Next stop could be a strike – when students return from summer break.

Volunteers of America presents an anti-union ‘final offer’

CEO Kay Toran proposes no raises and a "right to work" rule that would undermine the union.

Portland Public School bus drivers are speaking up

School bus drivers say they shouldn't be earning $5 an hour less than school district truck drivers who transport food.

Strike averted at Vigor shipyards

A new four-year contract will raise wages $4.35 an hour.

PSU grad student faculty ratify their first-ever union contract

The three-year deal covers about 800 workers and is the culmination of a joint campaign by AFT-Oregon and American Association of University Professors.

No more ‘buddies’: Nurses hail new Tuality contract

Nurses will get breaks without leaving patients unattended.

Vigor shipyard workers vote to authorize strike

Tired of being disrespected, shipyard workers are demanding a family-friendly work week.

Breakthrough in new teacher contract at Portland Public Schools: class size limits

The long-delayed agreement also raises pay 8 percent and adds an extra day to the school year.

New union agreement at Multnomah County

AFSCME Local 88’s new contract keeps up with inflation and attempts to address racial equity.

Shipyard workers reject Vigor contract offer

More than 1,000 employees in Portland and Puget Sound have been working under the terms of an extended master collective bargaining agreement that expired Sept. 1, 2017.

Portland’s KATU-TV will face a union picket

IATSE wants the public to know Sinclair Broadcasting is refusing to commit that KATU will continue to produce local news.

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