Collective bargaining

UNITE HERE calls first contract a big victory for Portland airport food service workers

Wages will rise $1.40 an hour, and workers will get major scheduling improvements

Machinists at Bodycote battle for first contract

Camas Bodycote workers voted last June to unionize, but are still trying to get a first contract

Shipyard workers at Cascade General ratify new contract

It was the third contract vote for members of the Portland Metal Trades at Vigor shipyard

Facing Gannett, KGW unions pass a test of unity

Defying a company negotiator, the unions attend each other’s contract negotiating sessions

Unitarian union leads to fund drive

Negotiations on a first union contract have been under way since February.

Arbitrator orders Portland Parks & Rec to halt use of non-union casuals

The union win resolves a decade-long fight for better conditions at Portland Parks & Rec

Unions protest anti-union moves by KGW

Parent company Gannett wants to end union jurisdiction.

Union deal means fewer patients per nurse at Kaiser Sunnyside

RNs agreed to give up 10-hour shifts in return for the workload caps

KGW unions to demonstrate in Pioneer Square April 25

In contract bargaining, Gannett is proposing to eliminate union jurisdiction.

IBEW Local 125 pickets Pacific Power in Portland

Pacific Power plays hardball against workers seeking to make up for previous concessions

Machinists conduct informational picket at Bodycote in Camas

Workers are having a tough time getting a first union contract

AFSCME wins big gains for Metro temp workers

An agreement between the Metro regional government and AFSCME Local 3580 will deliver raises of up to $3.92 an hour to about 50 newly...

Gannett pushes an exotic proposal at KGW, KING-TV

Three unions — IATSE, IBEW, and SAG/AFTRA gear up for conflict

Swan Island shipyard workers reject contract offers

The unions also win an unfair labor practice charge at Vigor Shipyard

New Hilton contract raises wages above $15

The contract will cover about 265 workers at the largest of Portland's four union hotels

Teamsters ratify four-year contract at AMR

AMR provides ambulance service to four metro-area counties

Steelworkers strike Anacortes, 8 other U.S. refineries

It is the union’s largest strike since 1980.

ONA goes public with staffing problems at Springfield hospital

PeaceHealth Riverbend gets more nurse staffing complaints than any other Oregon hospital

Multnomah County commits to $15 minimum wage for all employees

About 400 temps and on-call workers would also reach $15 in 2016

University of Oregon grad students end strike

GTFF sees some improvement in wages and terms of a new hardship fund