Collective bargaining

The seven-member union coalition has requested the help of a state mediator.

No word from TriMet board as labor battle drags on

OUS wants union rights concessions, a shift in health costs and raises less than inflation

An outside law firm employing the former UO president heads up the administration’s bargaining team

Contract delivers raises and better benefits at Securitas, ABM, G4S, and AlliedBarton

Columbia Grain joins United Grain in locking out members of ILWU

Local 757 president adds former rival Heintzman to bargaining team in show of unity

The two sides await a judge’s ruling on whether negotiations will be open to the public.

New hires will get a 401(k), not the pension existing members get at highly profitable Boeing.

Local 757 wants negotiations to be open to the public, without restrictions.

ATU wants bargaining to be public. TriMet wants it limited to certain media. A judge will decide.

United Grain says it took the action after equipment sabotage by a union leader.

The French-owned shinglemaker improves its bargaining offer after a walkout

Some 14,000 workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington have wrapped up voting on new three-year contracts.

Engineers accepted Boeing’s offer, but technical workers rejected theirs and authorized a strike

The contracts covering 14,000 include a 25 cent raise and 15% health insurance increase.

Job security will be a top concern in bargaining between the City of Portland and a union coalition

Fund for the Public Interest negotiators walk out of union bargaining when a reporter shows up.

Both sides are gearing up for battle in the workplace, court, the Capitol, and in public opinion.

For ILWU, grain export troubles started in Longview.