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Collective bargaining
Laborers Local 483 wins wage hikes for zoo and parks workers in tentative deal with Metro
The agreement will increase wages and paid time off for roughly 250 workers at the Oregon Zoo and regional parks.
Jobs
Toxic Work Environment
You name it, AFSCME-represented hazardous waste workers handle it. The job combines science, a strong stomach and a whole lot of caution.
Jobs
Metro votes 6-1 to move forward on I-5 Bridge Replacement
Building trades leaders were steamed when Metro commissioner Mary Nolan voted "no" on funding for a bridge over the Columbia River.
Jobs
Jobs on the ballot
Two local ballot measures could make the difference between jobs and joblessness for thousands of workers.
Jobs
Now open to the public, the Portland Hyatt Regency Convention Center was largely union-built
The hotel opened Dec. 19– on budget, and ahead of schedule.
Jobs
Tilesetting jobs were the one union sore spot on the Hyatt project
Bricklayers Local 1 warned Mortenson that there’d be problems with non-union contractor.
Jobs
New Convention Center hotel will be union built
And likely union operated, as Hyatt signs a neutrality agreement with UNITE HERE Local 8
Collective bargaining
AFSCME wins big gains for Metro temp workers
An agreement between the Metro regional government and AFSCME Local 3580 will deliver raises of up to $3.92 an hour to about 50 newly...
Collective bargaining
Laborers Local 483 reaches tentative agreement at Metro
The four-year deal includes raises and new rights for temps, but also some union concessions
Collective bargaining
New contract for AFSCME members at Metro
If ratified, 300+ workers will get 2.82% raises, and pay an extra 2% of health insurance premiums
Collective bargaining
Laborers Local 483 proclaims ‘Zoolidarity’ in campaign for a better contract at Metro
Metro’s contract with AFSCME Local 3580 has also expired
Jobs
Convention Center hotel closer to breaking ground
Hyatt would be neutral toward hotel workers unionizing.
Jobs
All signs point to a union-built convention center hotel
Metro's "statement of principles" asks the developer to use union workers
Union Organizing
Hyatt signs rare “labor peace” agreement in anticipation of subsidy
UNITE HERE, the union that represents hotel workers, has reached a landmark neutrality agreement with Hyatt Hotels.
Politics
Building trades miffed at Metro for bypassing Shiprack
Building trades unions are miffed that the Metro Council didn't appoint Bob Shiprack to a vacant seat in District 6.
