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Collective bargaining
Labor peace, finally, between DCTU and the City of Portland
City workers get cost-of-living, mostly, and preserve protection against outsourcing
PSU profs say new contract is Step 1 in combatting creeping corporatization
Greater job security, and modest raises, will help stabilize faculty
Professors get contract after PSU drops takeaway demands
Averting a strike, new AAUP contract improves salaries and job security
Behind the startling reversal at Portland Public Schools: Looking back at the almost-strike
As strike neared, district faced unified teachers backed by broad public support
Strike averted at City of Portland
DCTU signs off on compromise language over contracting out
Portland State University professors authorize strike
AAUP says they’re ready to walk out to promote greater stability and defend faculty role in governance
Workers consider strike after City of Portland worsens its offer
City appears in no hurry to reach deal with 1,600 workers in the DCTU
CWA gets bare-bones contract with Fund for the Public Interest
Rules at the PIRG fundraiser will be slightly less draconian under the first-ever union agreement.
Medford teachers end 16-day strike
The strike raised the profile of unions in Southern Oregon.
Portland teachers ratify new contract
The three-year deal lightens teacher workload and provides 2.3 percent annual raises
PSU professors set timetable for strike
Top issues are low pay, job insecurity, and lack of respect
Teachers strike averted at Portland Public Schools
Details won't be released until teachers vote on the tentative agreement.
Teachers strike in Medford
Schools open with substitute teachers, but less than half the students attend
City of Portland workers reject contract
Tallied Feb. 10, the vote is 462 for and 635 against.
City of Portland workers voting on tentative contract agreement
Some members object to changes on contracting out and comp time
ATU Local 757 unhappy with TriMet audit
Union says state audit presents management's view of its problems.
In second vote, Machinists narrowly ratify pact at Boeing
Workers give up their pension and make other concessions in a contract extended through 2024
City of Portland reaches tentative deal with unions
Members will vote in the coming weeks whether to approve the new four-year contract
After DCTU says no to privatization, City of Portland declares impasse
City's declaration that bargaining is done sets timeline for strike as soon as Feb. 12
Machinists to vote on second Boeing offer
The Puget Sound Machinists District is urging members to reject the concessionary offer
