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Collective bargaining
St. Charles Medical Center gets aggressive with nurses; 600 picket
A Bend hospital recruits strikebreakers, and turns sprinklers on picketers.
Three-year pact raises pay for 5,300 AFSCME members at OHSU
But gains are smaller for members who participate in PERS.
Dosha union effort comes to an end
A five-store local chain of Aveda-branded salons is nonunion once again.
ATU seeks to overturn TriMet’s win in contract arbitration
Though an arbitrator sided with TriMet, the union says some contract provisions are illegal.
Judge’s ruling contradicts TriMet win at arbitration
TriMet workers will get about $3,000 each under a judge’s order.
Dosha Salon Spa workers will vote whether to remain union
After a year-plus of labor violations and no contract, a decert election is set for Aug. 21-22.
SEIU pickets St. Charles Hospital in Bend
After 18 months and no contract for 600 hospital workers, some are pushing to dump the union.
Strikers ratify four-year contract with Schnitzer’s Cascade Steel
They get annual raises of up to 2.5 percent, but also will pay more for health coverage.
Arbitrator sides with TriMet over union
Health care cost was biggest factor; now, future hires will have no pension
Union janitors march in show of strength
Portland Mayor Sam Adams and both candidates to succeed him show up in support
Labor peace comes, finally, to Vancouver Hilton Hotel
Non-tipped workers will get five 20-cent raises and double pay on Christmas.
One-day strike by TriMet Lift operators leads to agreement
Foreign-owned First Group delayed a deal until workers shut down service.
Strike ends at Cascade Steel. Bargaining continues.
Meanwhile, mid-strike, members vote in new union leadership.
Cascade Steel security guard injures striker
Police issue a citation after a striker is pushed by a car.
300 workers strike at Cascade Steel in McMinnville
Profitable Schnitzer Steel is demanding concessions from its union workers.
Occupy TriMet, and fire the general manager, ATU says
An April rally inspired by Occupy Boston is also the kickoff of a local union petition drive.
At TriMet Lift, Beaverton unit authorizes strike
Workers reject an offer from contractor First Transit in which they’d lose ground over five years.
Oregon Employment Relations Board rules against TriMet
ERB says TriMet owes workers retroactive wage increases.
ILWU and EGT sign 5-year deal at Longview grain terminal
The contract ends a several-year battle over who would operate the $200 million grain facility.
Occupy Aveda: Unionists turn up pressure on Dosha
Aveda sites are leafletted in six cities, while in Portland, pickets and a brief occupation.
