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Collective bargaining
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.
Portland Public Schools teachers close to settling new contract
PAT negotiators say they're hopeful they can formalize the deal Thursday.
City of Portland ratifies DCTU deal
The six-union agreement runs through July 1, 2020.
New System laundry strike ends after two days
Strikers got symbolic support from the laundry's customers and from Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek.
Workers at TriMet ratify new 3-year deal
The vote was 1,220 to 68, overwhelmingly in favor.
Pushed to the limit, laundry workers strike
New System Laundry wants to pay minimum wage, and double the amount workers contribute to health insurance.
At Volunteers of America, still no contract
The publicly funded non-profit has adopted a ‘right-to work’ stance.
