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Port of Portland
Jobs
Port of Portland to close its container terminal
The closure of Oregon’s only international shipping container service in October could affect nearly 1,500 jobs across the state.
Jobs
To avoid bankruptcy, ILWU pays $20.5 million to replace a shipper’s lost profits
It’s the final chapter in a fight over two jobs, a dispute that shut down container shipping in Portland for years.
Workers Rights
PDX tells service contractors to increase PTO
More than 1,000 service workers at Portland International Airport will get a bump in their paid time off accrual this summer.
Workers Rights
Portland Airport implements new $15 wage floor
The new policy would raise wages above $16.55 for 900 service workers in January 2022. SEIU Local 49 calls that too little too late.
Workers Rights
ICTSI refuses to accept $19 million from ILWU and will seek new trial
A new trial would focus only on deciding the right amount of damages, not whether ILWU was at fault in the slowdown at Terminal 6.
Workers Rights
Judge lowers ILWU jury award
ILWU is now supposed to pay terminal operator ICTSI $19 million, after a federal judge said the evidence did not support a jury award of $93.6 million.
Workers Rights
Judge could lower ILWU jury award
ILWU argued that a jury accepted a grossly inflated estimate when it ordered $93.6 million in economic damages.
Portland
Labor loses spot on the Port of Portland Commission
For now, Governor Kate Brown has ended the tradition of having two labor reps on the board.
Jobs
Shipping returns to Portland’s Terminal 6
South Korea-based container carrier SM Lines will get a state subsidy to ship to Portland. A longshore union slowdown has been blamed for shippers pulling out, but other factors increasingly make container shipping to Portland a challenge.
Workers Rights
Jury says ILWU owes $93 million for dock slowdown
The decision threatens the survival of the West Coast longshore union.
Portland
Union-bashing Willamette Week tramples the facts in airport story
That story about the union that wants to raise prices and rid the airport of small businesses? Fake news.
Politics
IBEW’s Gary Young appointed to Port Commission
Young takes the spot held by former ILWU Local 8 president Bruce Holte.
Workers Rights
Port of Portland passes new ‘social equity’ policy
New airline service contractors will have to hire 80% of their workers from the previous contractor
People
John Mohlis lands Compass Award from Port of Portland
John Mohlis, executive secretary of the Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council, received the Port of Portland’s 2014 Compass Award April 15 at...
Workers Rights
Airlines threaten to sue over modest labor reforms at PDX
Port of Portland proposal would require $13 total hourly compensation in future airport service contracts
Workers Rights
PDX: a highly desirable workplace, for managers
Port of Portland hires a $197-an-hour consultant to develop its policy to help low-wage workers
Workers Rights
Port to weigh PDX worker reforms
Port Commission will hear proposal for “worker retention” at March 11 meeting
Workers Rights
Port of Portland will consider a “social equity” policy for airport workers
PDX lags behind other West Coast airports in raising standards for low-wage service workers
Jobs
Port of Portland drops plan to develop West Hayden Island
Union leaders angered over loss of industrial land
