City of Portland passes $15 minimum for its contracted service workers Mar 3, 2015 The wage floor covers 150 janitors and guards and parking attendants and about 20 City workers
Rogue Uber steamrolls into Portland … after law-abiding Union Cab waited 22 months for permits Jan 13, 2015 City of Portland says it will rewrite rules by April 9 to make Uber legal
Moment of decision for the taxi industry Dec 3, 2014 Encircled by Uber, Portland is preparing a top-to-bottom review of taxi regulations
Laborers Local 483 cartoon asks City of Portland to ‘play fair’ Dec 1, 2014 Union says City of Portland rec centers are misclassifying workers as seasonals
Portland park rangers win raises in long-sought first contract Oct 31, 2014 It took 18 months, but park rangers are now part of the coalition of City unions
Grievance settled: AFSCME members will write parking tickets in Portland Parks Oct 28, 2014 Rangers, represented by Laborers Local 483, agree they shouldn’t do parking enforcement
Give ex-offenders a Fair Chance to find a job and a home Aug 13, 2014 Labor is joining community groups to push a Fair Chance policy at the City of Portland
City of Portland rolling back Walmart bond investments May 23, 2014 City cashes out $9 million in Walmart bonds, to the applause of UFCW Local 555
No surprise: Portland park rangers vote union May 6, 2014 Overcoming legal obstruction by the City, rangers are now part of DCTU
Labor peace, finally, between DCTU and the City of Portland Apr 29, 2014 City workers get cost-of-living, mostly, and preserve protection against outsourcing
