City of Portland Archives - Page 8 of 10

Some members object to changes on contracting out and comp time

Members will vote in the coming weeks whether to approve the new four-year contract

Backers plan to push for statewide legislation in 2015.

A union rep distributes buttons and talks to members, without management’s permission

City denies vacation requests, and union gets “ready to walk”

Talks with a 1,600-employee union coalition are stalled over job security — and good government

Preventing a deal is a City proposal that paves the way to contracting out

The seven-member union coalition has requested the help of a state mediator.

City of Portland park rangers make $11 an hour, with no benefits and layoffs after nine months.

Laborers 483 has a win in a decade-long struggle over contracting out at Portland Parks and Rec.