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Portland Public Schools

Collective Bargaining

Portland teachers go back to work

Dec 1, 2023

A 26-day strike led to an improved contract for 3,700 teachers, counselors, and librarians, including raises totaling 14.6% over three years.

Comment

PPS teacher strike: a difficult ballet

Dec 1, 2023

The onus for this crisis, which will soon spread, lies squarely with legislators who determine a state budget every two years.

Collective Bargaining

Portland teachers strike for fair wages and smaller classes

Nov 16, 2023

It’s a fight that teachers say has been brewing a long time.

Collective Bargaining

Parents emerge as ‘third force’ in Portland teachers strike

Nov 16, 2023

Parents are joining Portland teachers on strike picket lines throughout the district — because they support what teachers are fighting for.

Collective Bargaining

Portland teachers strike ‘for the common good‘

Nov 2, 2023

Nearly 4,500 teachers in Portland Public Schools began picketing Nov. 1 in the first-ever teachers strike at Oregon’s largest school district.

Collective Bargaining

Portland schools’ classified union rejects contract

Oct 10, 2023

The vote means the union of 1,350 school secretaries, teaching assistants, and other classified staff, is back to the bargaining table.

Collective Bargaining

Teachers declare impasse, could strike at Portland Public Schools

Oct 10, 2023

PAT is pursuing a strategy known as “bargaining for the common good,” incorporating community members’ ideas into their contract.

Jobs

Portland Public Schools is skimping on maintenance

Aug 24, 2023

A new report paid for by the district confirms what union tradespeople who maintain schools have been saying for years.

Collective Bargaining

Teachers union demand: No more mice in school

Aug 24, 2023

Teachers also want better security measures, an enforceable limit to class sizes, and public school for every child over the age of 3.

Workers Rights

School custodians want hazard pay for hazard conditions

Apr 6, 2023

As skies dumped snow on Portland, administrators were warm in home offices, but night custodians battled blizzard conditions to get to work.

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