Collective bargaining

Foreign-owned First Group delayed a deal until workers shut down service.

Meanwhile, mid-strike, members vote in new union leadership.

Police issue a citation after a striker is pushed by a car.

Profitable Schnitzer Steel is demanding concessions from its union workers.

An April rally inspired by Occupy Boston is also the kickoff of a local union petition drive.

Workers reject an offer from contractor First Transit in which they’d lose ground over five years.

ERB says TriMet owes workers retroactive wage increases.

The contract ends a several-year battle over who would operate the $200 million grain facility.

Aveda sites are leafletted in six cities, while in Portland, pickets and a brief occupation.

The settlement appears to avert a clash planned for the arrival of the first ship.

ATU under siege as labor ally Lynn Lehrbach slated for replacement on the board.

Land and water protests are planned for the arrival of the first ship at a new grain terminal.

“Our members are just thankful to have jobs,” says union president Belinda Reagan.

A government agency emails the public to say its employee compensation is out-of-line.

The deal ends the highest-profile federal labor law case in decades.

Oregon is cutting hours and proposing health care cuts for $10.20 an hour home care workers.

PPS drivers win temporary labor peace, but struggles continue at other units of First Student.

First Transit and ATU Local 757 will meet again Nov. 21.

Overall, workers made concessions in the contract, despite Xerox’ profitability.

Members vote Oct. 25 whether to approve the contract.