OPEIU Local 11

The workers currently make $17,260 per year, which after taxes is less than the cost of the room and board in the dorms where they work.

Four unions representing county employees filed grievances citing “me too” contract clauses. The case is in the hands of an arbitrator.

Workers won a commitment to return to a defined benefit pension if details pass muster, plus wage increases totaling 24% over four years.

The utility company informed union workers that it plans to train non-union staff to do their jobs in case there is a strike.

Under new leadership, the union will push the regulated monopoly to restore workers' pension and commit to end outsourcing.

Union stewards like OPEIU Local 11 officer Kim King are the backbone of the labor movement.

Reed housing advisors previously formed an independent union in 2018, but the college refused to recognize the union and filed legal appeals.      

Staff changes at OPEIU Local 11, Oregon AFSCME, Oregon AFL-CIO, Oregon Building Trades, and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley's office.

Forty-four housing advisers who live and work in dorms are unionizing after Reed changed their job duties without giving them a say.

Consulting firm Baker Tilly conducted the study, which shows that on average, Clark County wages trailed other employers by 4.7% to 9%.

Jordan Fosdick, a service technician at the natural gas utility, will represent nearly 600 members of OPEIU Local 11.

Longtime Northwest Natural steward Howard Bell outpolled two-term incumbent Maureen Goldberg and was sworn in to a three-year term May 9.

The Portland-based nonprofit publisher prints sheet music, missals and other resources for church services.

The Beaverton-headquartered National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF) announced it would voluntarily recognize OPEIU Local 11 union representation.

A handful of unions say prohibiting natural gas in new construction is bad for workers, for energy diversity and for cost.

Some local labor organizations see an argument for hybrid meetings, which incorporate in-person and virtual attendance options.

Workers at the Alliance For A Healthier Generation contacted OPEIU Local 11 last year expressing interest in unionizing.

“This is a historic achievement to secure the pension benefits of hardworking union members, and the most substantial policy ever passed to further the solvency of our nation's multiemployer pension plans,” said U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh in a July 9 press statement about newly issued rules implementing a government rescue of failing pension funds. Walsh, pictured above at a June 24 event in Indianapolis, is a former leader of Laborers Local 223 and the Boston Building Trades Council.

Northwest Labor Press office manager Cheri Rice is retiring after 20 years; succeeding her is Jill Lukens. Both have long connections to local unionism.

As of Oct. 1, pension benefits were cut as much as 30 percent for retired members of Office and Professional Employees International Union in the Western United States.