Port of Portland Archives

PDX tells service contractors to increase PTO

Jan 18, 2023

More than 1,000 service workers at Portland International Airport will get a bump in their paid time off accrual this summer.

Portland Airport implements new $15 wage floor

Dec 10, 2020

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.

ICTSI refuses to accept $19 million from ILWU and will seek new trial

Apr 15, 2020

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.

Judge lowers ILWU jury award

Mar 18, 2020

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.

Judge could lower ILWU jury award

Feb 18, 2020

ILWU argued that a jury accepted a grossly inflated estimate when it ordered $93.6 million in economic damages.

Labor loses spot on the Port of Portland Commission

Dec 4, 2019

For now, Governor Kate Brown has ended the tradition of having two labor reps on the board.

Shipping returns to Portland’s Terminal 6

Dec 4, 2019

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.

Jury says ILWU owes $93 million for dock slowdown

Nov 15, 2019

The decision threatens the survival of the West Coast longshore union.

Union-bashing Willamette Week tramples the facts in airport story

Oct 31, 2017

That story about the union that wants to raise prices and rid the airport of small businesses? Fake news.

IBEW’s Gary Young appointed to Port Commission

Oct 8, 2015

Young takes the spot held by former ILWU Local 8 president Bruce Holte.