Collective bargaining

Labor peace on West Coast docks will run through 2022

ILWU members have approved a 3-year contract extension.

Still no DCTU deal at City of Portland

The City union coalition is calling for 2 percent raises plus cost-of-living adjustments.

Tentative City of Portland agreement delivers sizable raises for members of Laborers Local 483

If ratified, the two contracts will cover over 1,000 city workers.

Farmworkers at Sakuma ratify historic first union contract

Thanks to a four-year strike and boycott campaign, 200 farmworkers will get $15 an hour and job protections.

Drawn-out bargaining at City of Portland

After this Sunday, either side could declare impasse.

City managers rejected union solution to reduce the time 911 callers spend waiting on hold

AFSCME Local 189 said a sizable pay raise would help recruit and retain more staff, but an arbitrator picked management's counterproposal.

City workers say their wages need to reflect the new high-rent Portland

Laborers Local 483 wants a livable wage of at least $15 an hour for City workers, and cost-of-living increases that reflect Portland's rising cost of housing.

New three-year nurse contract at OHSU

If ratified as expected members of Oregon Nurses Association would see wages rise more than 9 percent.

AT&T workers begin three-day strike

For workers in the company's wireless division, it's the first-ever walkout.

Nurses picket PeaceHealth hospital in Florence over excessive on-call

Bargaining has been under way since November.

Plumbers & Fitters #290 ratifies six-year contract

Bargaining took less than 3 hours, and the result is an increase of $16.03 over six years.

KGW returns to labor peace

A long-festering union dispute comes to a close as the third union at KGW-TV ratifies a new contract.

Malarkey Roofing withdraws from pension in new contract

Members of United Steelworkers Local 330 ratify the contract in a 54-41 vote.

ATU vs. TriMet case headed for Oregon Supreme Court

Can public sector unions and their employers allow the press and members of the public to observe union contract negotiations?

Vigor shipyard workers vote to extend contract to Sept. 1

The extension will give the sides more time to address problems with multi-employer pension plans.

DEAL: Daimler and unions reach agreement on a new 5-year contract at the Portland truck plant

Wages will rise by $3.25 an hour for the plant's 500+ workers.

At Malarkey Roofing Products, talk of a strike

The family-run company has hired a known union-buster to lead negotiations.

Nabisco union standoff leads to wave of retirements

Representatives of Mondelēz unions from around the world will meet in Chicago Sept. 20-21.

911 in turmoil as Portland union contract goes to arbitration

Understaffing is leading to daily forced overtime, and sometimes, dangerous call wait times.

Contract, not strike, for Portland janitors

A new union contract will raise wages to at least $15 an hour over a four-year period for nearly 2,000.

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