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City of Portland
Portland
City of Portland to contract out 350 union jobs
As Metro exits management of the Schnitzer and Keller venues, the “City that Works” doesn’t want the work either.
Culture
Chavez Boulevard renaming to go before Portland City Council
The ordinance directs PBOT to absorb the roughly $200,000 cost of replacing the signs but doesn’t spell out what work to put on the shelf.
Jobs
Portland weighs public cash for Blazers arena upgrade
Billionaire Tom Dundon, head of an investment group that now owns the Portland Trail Blazers, wants taxpayers to pay for renovations to the Moda Center arena. Portland City Council members, organized labor, and the public are split on the idea.
Portland
City unions plan rally against job cuts
City unions want the city to consider layoff alternatives like curtailing management bloat and the use of expensive outside contractors.
Union Organizing
Portland City Council staff unionize
The vote was 17 to join CWA Local 7901, 12 to join AFSCME Local 189, and 4 to remain non-union.
Union Organizing
Portland City Council aides unionize
Two unions are vying to represent 41 Portland City Council staffers, triggering a public-sector union election.
Union Organizing
AFSCME organizes workers in the Portland City Attorney’s office
In a break with past stances, the City actually reorganized the office slightly to allow more workers to have union representation.
Collective bargaining
Portland police oversight staff strike for their jobs
After a three-day strike, workers secured modest safeguards during the transition to a new police oversight office—but not guaranteed jobs.
Collective bargaining
Workers at Portland’s independent police review unit hope contract bargaining can save their jobs
Portland’s IPR workers picket as contract talks stall, seeking job security in the new Office of Community-based Police Accountability.
Jobs
At the City of Portland, fewer layoffs than feared
Union advocacy over months of public hearings and meetings resulted in scaled back layoff plans in the new city council’s first budget.
Jobs
City of Portland unions say: Cut from the top, not the bottom
Unions at the City of Portland are sounding the alarm at possible layoffs of frontline workers that could unfairly spare city managers.
Collective bargaining
AFSCME 189 members ratify contract with city
About 93% supported ratifying the contract, which provides annual inflation-based raises plus overall increases totaling 3% over three years.
Portland
New city council sets new tone for city unions
The previous city council had rubber stamped an aggressive stance by city attorneys who threatened legal action after "practice pickets."
Collective bargaining
AFSCME 189 settles with City
Local 189 represents almost 1,100 workers, and they had been preparing to strike since declaring impasse in late December.
Collective bargaining
Trades workers set to strike at City of Portland
More than 200 City of Portland workers are set to strike Feb. 6 — five unions that bargain as the District Council of Trade Unions (DCTU).
Collective bargaining
Portland city unions at impasse
City of Portland workers could strike as soon as late January to win across-the-board raises and personal days.
Workers Rights
City of Portland threatens legal action over union pickets
Attorneys for the City of Portland say "practice pickets" are prohibited by the contract Local 189 signed with the city.
Collective bargaining
City of Portland could be inching toward labor disputes
Union contracts covering 1,300 City workers expire Dec. 31, on the eve of the city’s shift to a whole new leadership structure.
Worker safety
City of Portland fined for wrecking bar accident
The Aug. 11 workplace accident sent a metal bar through a City of Portland maintenance worker’s stomach.
Jobs
Portland Bureau of Transportation could lay off 88
Union job cuts in the city's transportation bureau would mean more potholes and fewer streets plowed for snow.
