Collective bargaining

OHSU had said it would pay workers only the minimum salary set by the National Institutes of Health. When a strike neared, they reconsidered.

After voting down two previous offers, Local 29 members will vote on a third offer totaling $16 over four years.

Workers at 11 New Seasons Market locations in the Portland area are voting through Aug. 25 on whether to authorize a one-day strike.

The union contract with Boeing expires Sept. 12, at which point an estimated 34,000 workers could strike if they reject a final company offer.

Service Employees International Union Local 49 represents about 800 security guards and 1,400 janitors in the Portland metro area.

An Apple retail store in Towson, Maryland, became the first Apple workers in the United States to reach agreement on a union contract.

Average raises total 32% over the three year contract, and AFA says the agreement would make Alaska Airlines the industry leader in pay.

The union and New Seasons have met 21 times since January 2023 to negotiate and are still without a first collective bargaining agreement.

The two sides have been negotiating since September 2023, and OHSU has refused to offer raises of any amount.

The 4-year agreement was finalized after members voted in new leadership, with a ratification vote set for two days before they were sworn in.

Traffic flaggers — who have one of the most dangerous jobs — will get even bigger raises, starting with an immediate raise of $8 an hour.

The three-day strike wrapped up on June 21 but Providence wouldn’t allow all striking nurses to return to work for two more days.

Union members had previously voted to reject an offer of a $7.50 an hour compensation increase over three years.

The new three-year agreement raises wages and modifies an attendance policy workers felt was unnecessarily harsh.

Under the current regional master agreement, ironworkers in the Portland area make $43.82 an hour plus $33.98 an hour in fringe benefits.

Providence notified the union that it won’t let strikers return to work on Friday, extending the work stoppage as a two-day lockout.

The agreement covers about 400 workers employed by contractors in Associated Wall & Ceiling Contractors of Oregon.

If there’s no movement from the employer at a July 10 negotiation session, Local 114 may consider scheduling a strike vote.

Workers won a commitment to return to a defined benefit pension if details pass muster, plus wage increases totaling 24% over four years.

The new agreement raises wages but fails to deliver the demand of the strike: for them to be paid the same as in-hospital nurses.