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Collective bargaining
Special ed bus drivers ratify long-delayed contract with Portland Public Schools
The new agreement raises starting pay to $18.50 an hour — up from $16.25 currently.
Medical techs secure a first union contract at Sacred Heart in Eugene
The new agreement provides annual raises of 3 percent, plus additional raises of 1 to 3 percent halfway through the third year to get members on a unified union wage scale.
Columbia Area Transit in Hood River signs first union contract with ATU Local 757
The agreement provides an immediate 10 percent raise followed by three annual raises totaling 8.7 percent over the life of the four-year agreement.
Northwest Machinists members approve new four-year contract with Weyerhaeuser
Members voted down two previous company offers and authorized a strike.
Union bakers picket outside Portland home of Nabisco board member
The profitable company is halting pension contributions at the same time it pays its executives so much that even shareholders are gagging.
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.
