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Portland Public Schools
Collective bargaining
Special ed bus drivers ratify long-delayed contract with Portland Public Schools
The new agreement raises starting pay to $18.50 an hour — up from $16.25 currently.
Collective bargaining
New contract for support staff at Portland Public Schools
The contract provides across-the-board raises of 3 and 2 percent, and an additional 5 percent for para-educators.
Collective bargaining
Special ed bus drivers at Portland Public Schools declare impasse
Next stop could be a strike – when students return from summer break.
Collective bargaining
Portland Public School bus drivers are speaking up
School bus drivers say they shouldn't be earning $5 an hour less than school district truck drivers who transport food.
Collective bargaining
Breakthrough in new teacher contract at Portland Public Schools: class size limits
The long-delayed agreement also raises pay 8 percent and adds an extra day to the school year.
Collective bargaining
Portland Public Schools teachers close to settling new contract
PAT negotiators say they're hopeful they can formalize the deal Thursday.
Politics
May primary election results for Northwest Oregon
Passage of two big bonds is good news for local building trades unions
Jobs
Portland Public Schools could face layoffs for 2017-18 school year
A loss in state education funding could spell layoffs next year for more than a hundred union members who work at Portland Public Schools.
Jobs
$790 million Portland Public Schools bond could spell years of work for the trades
If approved by voters, it would be the largest construction construction bond issue in Oregon history.
Worker safety
Portland Public Schools’ OTHER lead exposure problem
Chips and dust from lead paint are all over the place as Franklin High School undergoes renovation.
Worker safety
Lead crisis in schools: Could underfunding of maintenance be the culprit?
Decades of cuts have made insufficient maintenance the new normal.
Union Organizing
AFT 111 converts coworkers to members
More than 130 “fair share” employees have become full union members so far this year.
Jobs
It’s a ‘Race to the Top’ for Portland Public Schools’ CEO pay, but pink slips for its lowest-paid
With superintendent's $66,000 raise, the district could have hired three people
Jobs
Layoffs at Portland Public Schools?
AFT sounds the alarm about possible pink slips for classroom assistants
Collective bargaining
Contract settlement averts school bus driver strike at Portland Public Schools
Deal reached after contractor First Student backed off a "two-tier" contract proposal.
Analysis
Behind the startling reversal at Portland Public Schools: Looking back at the almost-strike
As strike neared, district faced unified teachers backed by broad public support
Collective bargaining
Portland teachers ratify new contract
The three-year deal lightens teacher workload and provides 2.3 percent annual raises
Collective bargaining
Teachers strike averted at Portland Public Schools
Details won't be released until teachers vote on the tentative agreement.
Collective bargaining
Portland Public Schools declares impasse, triggering timetable for strike
Teachers could strike as early as Jan. 6, when students return from Winter Break
Collective bargaining
Still no deal for teachers at Portland Public Schools
Class size is a key sticking point
