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Collective bargaining
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
City of Portland worker contract bargaining enters mediation
Bargaining has been moving at a snail’s pace for employees at the City of Portland are finding. Mediation began Sept. 23 between the City and the District Council of Trade Unions, a coalition of eight union locals, but it didn’t go well. Bargaining committee members believe the City may be forcing unions to strike.
IBEW Local 125 Pickets Pacific power headquarters
The company wants to shift more of its health care costs onto workers.
At the ‘Big 3’ grocers, bargaining begins with UFCW
Despite a new Oregon law, sick leave may still be an object of contention in the contract talks
IBEW Local 125 authorizes strike at Pacific Power
Local 125 members are tired of making concessions to profitable PacifiCorp.
Locked-out workers seek support in ATI struggle
ATI’s nationwide lockout of 2,200 steel workers is entering its sixth week.
Classified workers at Oregon public universities get contract
Members will get two 2.25% raises, and universities backed off takeaways.
Longview mill workers end strike without a contract
AWPPW Local 153 makes an unconditional offer to return to work at Kapstone paper mill and box plant after a nine-day strike
Union coalition reaches agreements at Clark County
Wages for 700 workers will rise 5.9 percent over three years.
AWPPW begins strike at Kapstone mill in Longview
On day four, a striker is hit by a replacement worker driving through the picket line
