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City of Portland
Collective bargaining
City of Portland pushes to end protections against outsourcing
Talks with a 1,600-employee union coalition are stalled over job security — and good government
Collective bargaining
City of Portland contract talks enter mediation
Preventing a deal is a City proposal that paves the way to contracting out
Collective bargaining
DCTU contract expires, but no deal with City of Portland
The seven-member union coalition has requested the help of a state mediator.
Union Organizing
City park rangers tell Mayor Hales they want a union
City of Portland park rangers make $11 an hour, with no benefits and layoffs after nine months.
Jobs
City of Portland settles with Local 483: No more contracting out at Parks & Rec
Laborers 483 has a win in a decade-long struggle over contracting out at Portland Parks and Rec.
Collective bargaining
Unions wary as Portland bargaining begins amid plans for cuts
Job security will be a top concern in bargaining between the City of Portland and a union coalition
Portland
City staff give green light to Union Cab
Staff are recommending approval of a worker-owned taxi co-op, and sweeping reform of taxi rules.
Politics
Breakthrough: City of Portland commits to build union, and use minority workers and contractors
New “community benefits agreement” uses public construction spending as a public policy tool
Portland
To halt layoffs and rescue schools, Mayor Adams dips into little-known internal funds
City workers sigh relief, but wonder: Why a budget rollercoaster when money there all along?
Jobs
Laborers to Portland City Council: Stop the Cuts
Looking to avert cuts in roads and parks, union finds $120 million in an obscure City fund.
Politics
Unions start to weigh in on Portland mayor’s race
AFSCME 189, the largest City union, backs Jefferson Smith, while IBEW 48 favors Eileen Brady.
Jobs
Workers slam planned cuts to Portland roads and parks
Laborers Local 483 members turn out for a protest near Legacy hospital.
Portland
Laborers get an audience with City authorities
Laborers Local 483 went before Portland City Council Nov. 16 … and got about the usual response.
Jobs
Big Pipe project wraps up ahead of schedule
Rosie, the 530-ton tunnel boring machine, has finished tunneling on the East Side Big Pipe project, the largest public infrastructure project in Portland’s history. At its peak, more than 100 members of Laborers Local 320, and 150 members of Operating Engineers Local 701 worked on the project.
Collective bargaining
DCTU reaches tentative contract with City of Portland
Following months of often contentious bargaining, a coalition of seven unions representing 1,800 city employees reached a tentative agreement with the City of Portland on a new three-year contract.
Collective bargaining
Portland parking meter techs win fight against outsourcing
Six parking meter technicians will get $28,300 each because City violated outsourcing rules
