ATU Local 757 Archives - nwLaborPress

Portland-area transit workers will get raises at the end of this year and next, but otherwise their union contract will remain unchanged.

Labor’s Community Service Agency, a nonprofit connected to United Way and local labor groups, is helping union members get back into housing.

Amid a severe bus driver shortage, starting pay jumped from $17 to $25.24. Plus a $7,500 sign-on bonus. These are union jobs with benefits.

Strikes, once common, are rare today. We asked Northwest Labor Press readers to share their strike stories.

Attacks on parks workers. Assaults on bus drivers. Safety concerns are driving some employees to leave their jobs altogether.

At the school bus contractor for Portland Public Schools, about 300 workers won an immediate $6 an hour increase.

Members re-elect Shirley Block and Mary Longoria, and replace longtime officer Jon Hunt with TriMet station agent Frederick Casey.

With a new general manager at TriMet, an era of antagonism between the transit agency and its union may have come to a close.

As contract arbitration neared, TriMet management dropped its proposal to eliminate its apprenticeship program for bus mechanics.

SB 690, a bill introduced by Oregon State Senator Chris Gorsek, would restore the right to strike for public transit workers like bus drivers.