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Portland International Airport
Union Organizing
Airport wheelchair attendants for United added to union
As of last month, every wheelchair attendant at Portland International Airport belongs to a union — SEIU Local 49.
Workers Rights
At Portland airport, sitting for the right to sit
Airport contractor Bags Inc. orders wheelchair attendants to remain standing when not assisting passengers.
Workers Rights
Workers petition for a prayer room at the Portland airport
The Port of Portland is exploring the possibility of dedicating a temporary space for prayer at the airport in time for Ramadan.
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.
Collective bargaining
What do airport workers want? Raises that beat inflation
Portland International Airport workers represented by IBEW Local 48 and Laborers Local 483 are tired of working without raises.
Jobs
Raising the roof
Union members are getting experience with mass timber at Portland International Airport's new terminal roof.
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.
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.
Collective bargaining
UNITE HERE calls first contract a big victory for Portland airport food service workers
Wages will rise $1.40 an hour, and workers will get major scheduling improvements
Union Organizing
Baggage handlers at PDX vote to join Machinists Union
Workers at ABM Onsite Services West cite low wages, lack of training, and job safety
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
Workers Rights
Portland airport shop workers want a union too
Workers at the Portland airport Kiehl’s, Rich’s News, Oregonian, and The Market want a union
Workers Rights
Port to weigh PDX worker reforms
Port Commission will hear proposal for “worker retention” at March 11 meeting
