Collective bargaining

With all new leadership and an $825 million strike fund, the union is determined to reverse past concessions.

Two of the three bargaining units that held a five-day strike in June now have significant pay raises, more time off, and safer staffing.

Around 40 workers at the Burgerville near the Oregon Convention Center struck July 28-29 after negotiations with company leaders stagnated.

Newly unionized shipyard painters in Portland and Seattle will get better health insurance and raises totaling $4.06 an hour over 3 years.

The nonprofit that operates several Portland homeless camps fired a whistleblower last year. Now it's at peace with the union.

The two-year contract covers nearly 25,000 workers represented by SEIU Local 503. It provides 13% raises and a one-time $1,500 bonus.

Members of the Association of Flight Attendants say it’s time they got a real raise. And they mean to get it.

TV and film writers have been on strike since May 2, and TV and film actors in SAG-AFTRA have been on strike since July 14.

Teachers also want better security measures, an enforceable limit to class sizes, and public school for every child over the age of 3.

Seven months after bargaining began, there’s no sign the union is near a contract with the natural foods grocery chain.

If arbitration fails to produce a new master agreement, roughly 1,750 members at nearly 60 contractors could strike.

Dentists at the county clinics treat some of the area’s poorest residents: Medicaid enrollees, uninsured, and homeless.

PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center declared impasse and walked away from contract negotiations with 14 lab professionals on July 31.

Powell's workers say is the company is refusing to bargain in good faith and ask the public not to shop there in-store or online that day.

Contract ratification began Aug. 3 and will run through Aug. 22, at which point the results will be announced.

Members of SAG-AFTRA are now in their third week of a nationwide strike that has shut down most film and TV productions since July 14.

Consulting firm Baker Tilly conducted the study, which shows that on average, Clark County wages trailed other employers by 4.7% to 9%.

SEIU Local 49 picketed three hospitals July 24-28 to protest unsafe staffing and draw attention to difficulty getting a new union contract.

Health techs are demanding living wages in the next union contract with Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals.

The contract covers almost 700 firefighters. In addition to regular cost of living adjustments, it increases pay 4.5% over four years.