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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

IBEW 89 warns labor strife may be coming with purchaser of Frontier

May 18, 2021

It took 10 weeks to get bargaining dates with Ziply Fiber, and then the company was a no-show at the first scheduled bargaining session.

Collective Bargaining

OIT faculty win first contract after eight days on strike

May 5, 2021

Faculty at the Oregon Institute of Technology were the last at any Oregon public university to unionize … and the first to strike.

Collective Bargaining

Just weeks after IPS listed as ‘unfair,’ workers have a deal

May 4, 2021

IPS repairs electric motors and generators. Pay under the Metal Trades Council contracts runs from $22 to $33 an hour.  

Collective Bargaining

Union accuses Kaiser of understaffing

May 4, 2021

OFNHP says understaffing is leading to high turnover at in Sunnyside’s Emergency Department—40 nurses (57%) have left in the last year.

Collective Bargaining

Under new union contract, Avamere nursing homes will pay the highest wages in the industry

May 4, 2021

The agreement also commits Avamere to union neutrality, which would speed unionization at more nursing homes and assisted living centers.

Collective Bargaining

Transit union reaches deal with TriMet

Apr 13, 2021

As contract arbitration neared, TriMet management dropped its proposal to eliminate its apprenticeship program for bus mechanics.

Collective Bargaining

OFNHP signs first contract at St. Charles Hospital in Bend

Apr 13, 2021

Even with the agreement ratified and signed, the hospital’s management can’t resist taking potshots at the union.

Collective Bargaining

‘Ellensburg 6’ make a stand

Mar 31, 2021

The IBEW Local 77 linemen, public employees, took their cause to the public, and found overwhelming public support.

Collective Bargaining

Doctors-in-training at OHSU win contract

Mar 31, 2021

Members of a unit of 850 medical interns, residents and fellows have ratified their first union contract since joining Oregon AFSCME in 2019.

Collective Bargaining

St. Charles hospital in Bend recommits to negotiations after nine-day strike by medical techs

Mar 18, 2021

After trying over a year to get a first union contract, 143 medical technologists at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend walked off the job.

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