Collective bargaining

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.

Five months after Kaiser pharmacy and imaging workers struck in Oregon, UFCW Local 555 says members ratified new four-year agreements.

The utility company informed union workers that it plans to train non-union staff to do their jobs in case there is a strike.

Home care RNs have a critical decision to make: agree to be paid less than hospital nurses, or go on strike a second time for equal pay.

A new four-year contract will raise wages more than 25% and end an unfair “two-tier” wage system that pays new hires less than senior workers.

Bargaining with about 250 postdoctoral researchers, OHSU's wage offer is remarkable: a three-year contract with raises of 0% each year.