Collective bargaining

More than 90 registered nurses at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Home Care Service near Eugene expect to begin a two-week strike at 7 a.m. Feb. 10.

Over 1,400 grad teaching and research assistants had set a Jan. 17 strike date. Instead a new contract will raise wages by up to 45%.

Members voted 94% to say they’re ready to strike if no deal is reached, and more than 40 volunteered as strike captains if it comes to that.

The three-year contract with Musicians Local 99 raises wages 6% in year one and 3.5% in years two and three.

The three-year agreement sets starting wages at $20 an hour, up from $18 an hour, and provides overtime pay after 8 hours in a day.

If ratified by workers, the agreement would establish the union's first contract, raise wages 39%, increase paid leave, and waive fees.

Under new leadership, the union will push the regulated monopoly to restore workers' pension and commit to end outsourcing.

About 90 home health nurses are ready to strike if PeaceHealth Sacred Heart refuses to pay them the same as counterparts inside the hospital.

The agreement will increase wages and paid time off for roughly 250 workers at the Oregon Zoo and regional parks.

Safeway demanded separate agreements after three new units voted in 2021 to join Local 114. Then Safeway stalled negotiations.

Two Southwest Washington school districts spent close to $200,000 for legal advice during recent contract negotiations with teachers.

Union stagehands at nonprofit Bodyvox dance company unanimously ratified a first contract that raises pay and guarantees job security.

The contract covering 20 Multnomah County dentists sets the total number of patients they see in a 10-hour shift to 21.

Mechanics who maintain equipment at the Coffin Butte Landfill in Corvallis ended their strike Nov. 13 after two months on the picket line.

The deal sets a base wage of at least $18 an hour after a year of employment and allows negotiations if Portland’s minimum wage meets that.

SEIU Local 503 and the Oregon university system are pretty far apart on bargaining over raises for campus support workers.

Overcoming a rocky start, Oregon Tradeswomen reached agreement with Machinists Local Lodge 63 on a first union contract.

A 26-day strike led to an improved contract for 3,700 teachers, counselors, and librarians, including raises totaling 14.6% over three years.

New contracts with Caesars, MGM, and Wynn will increase pay 32% over five years for 40,000 workers, raising pay to $35 an hour.

The union is still seeking to put pressure on the company by encouraging patients to drop Kaiser, saying their health care could be at risk.