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Collective bargaining
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.
Governor Gregoire brokers end to ILWU-EGT dispute
The settlement appears to avert a clash planned for the arrival of the first ship.
Union to TriMet: Cut managers, not drivers
ATU under siege as labor ally Lynn Lehrbach slated for replacement on the board.
Showdown looms in Longview
Land and water protests are planned for the arrival of the first ship at a new grain terminal.
New contract: Two-year pay freeze for 1,200 Portland Public Schools support staff
“Our members are just thankful to have jobs,” says union president Belinda Reagan.
TriMet uses its public email list to score points against union
A government agency emails the public to say its employee compensation is out-of-line.
Machinists approve four-year extension with Boeing
The deal ends the highest-profile federal labor law case in decades.
Oregon home care workers protest wage and benefit cuts
Oregon is cutting hours and proposing health care cuts for $10.20 an hour home care workers.
Bus drivers at Portland Public Schools ratify deal at First Student
PPS drivers win temporary labor peace, but struggles continue at other units of First Student.
TriMet Lift workers authorize strike
First Transit and ATU Local 757 will meet again Nov. 21.
Xerox strike averted
Overall, workers made concessions in the contract, despite Xerox’ profitability.
Strike plans shelved; workers reach tentative deal at Xerox
Members vote Oct. 25 whether to approve the contract.
Workers protest inside Vancouver Hilton
The event was part of the AFL-CIO’s "America Wants to Work" national week of action.
Wilsonville factory workers vote to strike at Xerox
Profitable printer maker wants to cut disability benefit even after workers agreed to freeze pension.