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Portland International Airport

Union Organizing

Airport wheelchair attendants for United added to union

Aug 4, 2023

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

Jul 6, 2023

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

Mar 15, 2023

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

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.

Collective Bargaining

What do airport workers want? Raises that beat inflation

Nov 30, 2022

Portland International Airport workers represented by IBEW Local 48 and Laborers Local 483 are tired of working without raises.

Jobs

Raising the roof

Jun 29, 2022

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

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.

Portland

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.

No Picture
Collective Bargaining

UNITE HERE calls first contract a big victory for Portland airport food service workers

Jun 30, 2015

Wages will rise $1.40 an hour, and workers will get major scheduling improvements

No Picture
Union Organizing

Baggage handlers at PDX vote to join Machinists Union

Apr 29, 2015

Workers at ABM Onsite Services West cite low wages, lack of training, and job safety

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