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Collective bargaining
IATSE trying to get first contract for riggers at Rhino NW
Labor steps up the pressure as company ignores NLRB orders, refuses to bargain
Grocery workers ratify new UFCW union contracts
The Oregon and Southwest Washington contracts raise wages and maintain health benefits.
TriMet wants two-year extension to its union contract (or does it?)
TriMet management likes the agency’s union contract so much that it’s proposing to extend it two years.
Verizon strike goes nationwide
The East Coast landline strike spreads, with solidarity pickets around the country.
Union standoff widens at Nabisco
BCTGM says Mondelēz’ Mexican workers are represented by a bogus company-dominated union.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival drags out union bargaining
Eleven months after unionizing, workers still don’t have a first contract.
KGW-TV on trial for labor violation
KGW wants an end to union jurisdiction, but won't show why it needs that
USW reaches deal to end ATI lockout
New hires won't get pension benefits under the deal between USW and ATI.
Nabisco wants to end Bakers’ pension
BCTGM says it won't agree to end the pension. The previous contract expired Feb. 29.
Nabisco recruiting strikebreakers before union bargaining begins
Ads seek temporary workers at $28 an hour “for a possible labor dispute.”
Unable to get a first contract, union withdraws from Bodycote
The company bargained with the Machinists for 17 months without getting to basics.
NLRB says ATI lockout of Steelworkers is illegal
If a judge agrees, the company could owe over $50 million in back pay for locking out workers.
Beer hauler moves to bust Teamsters union
Teamsters Local 162 is facing a union-busting effort by a local MillerCoors distributor.
ATI Albany Steelworkers: Locked out, but standing proud
Picketers think a strike or lockout was ATI’s plan all along, but they're not about to give up.
IBEW 125 members ratify contract at Pacificorp
About 320 workers will get 2 percent raises in the new four-year deal.
Belts tighten as ATI lockout of union Steelworkers enters fourth month
The locked out steelworkers are struggling to get by on $538 a week in unemployment benefits.
Teamsters strike Oregon City-based beer distributor
A new bargaining session with a federal mediator is scheduled for Dec. 2.
Portland’s First Unitarian signs first union contract
The two year deal raises wages to $15 an hour.
At Longview paper mill, strike is over, but dispute continues
Union’s vice president says he wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a lockout by the end of the year.
IATSE bargaining begins at Oregon Shakespeare Festival
After losing an election challenge, OSF gets down to business of bargaining