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Collective bargaining
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.
Portland airport retail workers get raises in first union contract with UNITE HERE
World Duty Free at first fought the union, but later it reinstated four fired union supporters and reached agreement on a first contract.
At KGW-TV, unions take stand against ‘Uberization’ of news
Meanwhile, in Seattle, City Council takes the unions' side.
Cure for corporate medicine: A doctors’ union contract
Doctors who unionized to fight outsourcing at PeaceHealth in Springfield now have a first contract.
Finally: Stagehands at Oregon Shakespeare Festival have their first union contract
A year after stagehands voted to unionize, they have a contract with raises and job security.
