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Collective Bargaining

Nonunion workers are on their own. Union workers bargain collectively with their employers. In the Collective Bargaining section, we report on all aspects of that: negotiations, mediations, and arbitrations; impasses, lockouts, and strikes; and tentative agreements, votes, and ratification of new union contracts.

Collective Bargaining

Plasterers Local 82 signs new master agreement

Jul 21, 2023

In year one, journeymen will make $42.86 an hour plus $19.38 in benefits for a total compensation package of $62.24 an hour.

Collective Bargaining

Sheet Metal Local 16 votes on strike as bargaining bogs down

Jul 21, 2023

The master agreement with signatory contractors expired June 30, and bargaining has reached impasse. Members will take a strike vote Aug. 5.

Collective Bargaining

Painters agreement raises compensation $9.86 over three years

Jul 6, 2023

The deal with wall and ceiling contractors aligns with the one ratified in May with the larger Signatory Painting Contractors Organization.

Collective Bargaining

Still no deal after five-day nurse strike at Providence

Jul 6, 2023

Oregon’s first nurse strike in decades built solidarity and prompted legal questions about the use of strikebreakers. But no contract, yet.

Collective Bargaining

ILWU reaches tentative contract agreement at West Coast ports

Jul 6, 2023

The six-year agreement, if ratified by union members, would cover more than 22,000 longshore workers across 29 ports.

Collective Bargaining

Breakthroughs in bargaining as UPS counts down to Aug. 1 strike

Jul 3, 2023

UPS has agreed to eliminate a two-tier wage system, end forced overtime on drivers’ days off, and establish MLK Day as a full holiday.

Collective Bargaining

Three units of Providence nurses set to strike

Jun 16, 2023

Nearly 1,800 nurses and clinicians may strike June 19 at Providence Portland, Providence Seaside, and Providence Home Health and Hospice.

Collective Bargaining

St. Charles nurses avert strike with new contract

Jun 16, 2023

If approved, the agreement with Oregon Nurses Association will boost base pay between 33% and 48%, depending on experience.

Collective Bargaining

At last, auditor’s office gets first union contract

Jun 2, 2023

The deal with AFSCME Local 189 comes after Portland City Council chastised auditor Simone Rede for bargaining. 

Collective Bargaining

Nurses could strike in Bend

Jun 2, 2023

In total, 962 nurses represented by the Oregon Nurses Association were eligible to vote, and nearly every one did. It was near unanimous.

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