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Collective bargaining
UFCW Local 555 sets strike votes at Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons
Meat department workers will vote first on strike authorization.
A picket line of union dentists
A group of 28 dentists at Multnomah County clinics joined Oregon AFSCME last Spring, but they’ve had a hard time reaching agreement on a first contract.
Clark College faculty press for pay parity with K-12 teachers
Union leaders say faculty haven't had more than cost-of-living raises in decades.
Nurses ratify contract at St. Charles in Bend
Nine hundred nurses at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend have a new contract that will raise wages 11.5 percent over the next four-and-a-half years.
Are we bringing the strike back?
Back from rock bottom, strikes exploded in number last year.
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.
