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Collective Bargaining

Nonunion workers are on their own. Union workers bargain collectively with their employers. In the Collective Bargaining section, we report on all aspects of that: negotiations, mediations, and arbitrations; impasses, lockouts, and strikes; and tentative agreements, votes, and ratification of new union contracts.

Collective Bargaining

Daimler Machinists: $4 raise plus essential worker bonus

Nov 5, 2021

Four unions at the Portland truck plant ratified new five-year agreements that raise wages $4, and hold the line on health insurance costs.

Collective Bargaining

Bus drivers win raises up to $6 an hour

Nov 5, 2021

At the school bus contractor for Portland Public Schools, about 300 workers won an immediate $6 an hour increase.

Collective Bargaining

Workers authorize strike at Vancouver Public Schools

Nov 5, 2021

Priority issues are inadequate pay and a short staffing crisis. They’ve been working without a contract since Aug. 31.

Collective Bargaining

Kaiser unions are set to go on strike Nov. 15

Nov 5, 2021

Bargaining has rarely been so contentious at Kaiser, which for decades touted itself as a union partner and model employer. 

Collective Bargaining

Kaiser courting massive strike

Oct 13, 2021

Units totaling over 34,000 Kaiser Permanente employees in Oregon and California have signaled they’re ready to strike after 10 days notice.

Collective Bargaining

Film/TV strike would be biggest ever

Oct 13, 2021

The strike by 60,000 members of IATSE will begin on Oct. 18 if no deal with producers has been reached by then.

Collective Bargaining

Frontline healthcare workers strike McKenzie-Willamette

Oct 13, 2021

Members of Service Employees Local 49 are fighting for wage increases, improved job safety, and to stop the hospital from outsourcing jobs.

Collective Bargaining

Nationwide strike at Kellogg’s

Oct 13, 2021

No contract? No Corn Flakes. About 1,400 Kellogg’s workers in Mich., Neb. Penn., and Tenn. struck Oct. 5 after months of mandatory overtime

Collective Bargaining

Nabisco strike beats back demand for concessions

Sep 29, 2021

Bakers won the fight to keep what they have—and not give concessions—because of solidarity: their own, their co-workers, and their community.

Collective Bargaining

Hollywood strike could be coming

Sep 29, 2021

If 60,000 behind-the-scenes production workers walk out, it would be the biggest ever strike in the film and television industry.

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