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Collective bargaining
ATI locks out steelworkers in Albany and around the country
Final offer would slash health benefits and end pension for new hires
Workers threaten strike at Longview paper mill
Kapstone, the mill’s new owner, imposed its final offer Aug. 10.
AFSCME, state of Oregon reach tentative agreement
Cost-of-living raises total 5 percent over two years.
At Siemens, solidarity got the goods
A group of NW medical imaging techs got a first union contract with big gains.
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UFCW secures its first union contract for cannabis workers in Oregon
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