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City of Portland
Workers Rights
Laborers Local 483 cartoon asks City of Portland to ‘play fair’
Union says City of Portland rec centers are misclassifying workers as seasonals
Collective bargaining
Portland park rangers win raises in long-sought first contract
It took 18 months, but park rangers are now part of the coalition of City unions
Collective bargaining
Grievance settled: AFSCME members will write parking tickets in Portland Parks
Rangers, represented by Laborers Local 483, agree they shouldn't do parking enforcement
Comment
Give ex-offenders a Fair Chance to find a job and a home
Labor is joining community groups to push a Fair Chance policy at the City of Portland
Workers Rights
City of Portland rolling back Walmart bond investments
City cashes out $9 million in Walmart bonds, to the applause of UFCW Local 555
Union Organizing
No surprise: Portland park rangers vote union
Overcoming legal obstruction by the City, rangers are now part of DCTU
Collective bargaining
Labor peace, finally, between DCTU and the City of Portland
City workers get cost-of-living, mostly, and preserve protection against outsourcing
Collective bargaining
Strike averted at City of Portland
DCTU signs off on compromise language over contracting out
Collective bargaining
Workers consider strike after City of Portland worsens its offer
City appears in no hurry to reach deal with 1,600 workers in the DCTU
Collective bargaining
City of Portland workers reject contract
Tallied Feb. 10, the vote is 462 for and 635 against.
Collective bargaining
City of Portland workers voting on tentative contract agreement
Some members object to changes on contracting out and comp time
Collective bargaining
City of Portland reaches tentative deal with unions
Members will vote in the coming weeks whether to approve the new four-year contract
Workers Rights
Sick leave ordinance will take effect in City of Portland Jan. 1
Backers plan to push for statewide legislation in 2015.
Workers Rights
City of Portland to union rep: Get off the property
A union rep distributes buttons and talks to members, without management's permission
Collective bargaining
Strike on horizon at City of Portland
City denies vacation requests, and union gets "ready to walk"
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.
