SEIU Local 49 Archives - nwLaborPress

75,000 workers struck Kaiser Permanente for 3 days. Now a 4-year agreement brokered by the U.S. Secretary of Labor provides 21% raises.

Northwest pharmacists walked out Oct. 1, and 75,000 other Kaiser workers in five states began their own strike Oct. 4.

SEIU Local 49 picketed three hospitals July 24-28 to protest unsafe staffing and draw attention to difficulty getting a new union contract.

As of last month, every wheelchair attendant at Portland International Airport belongs to a union — SEIU Local 49.

Airport contractor Bags Inc. orders wheelchair attendants to remain standing when not assisting passengers.

The Port of Portland is exploring the possibility of dedicating a temporary space for prayer at the airport in time for Ramadan.

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

The union’s history began in Portland’s performance venues in 1922, when theater and dance hall janitors decided to improve their working conditions.

A group of 115 workers at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital in Lincoln City have a new three-year contract.

A group of 118 technical employees at Providence medical facilities in southern Oregon is petitioning to join SEIU Local 49.