COVID-19 prevention leads Daimler to close Portland truck plant Mar 23, 2020 The closure impacts roughly 700 members of four unions, and comes amid concerns that workers can’t all maintain six feet distance.
Strike averted at Kaiser Permanente Sep 26, 2019 A tentative deal would raise wages and limit outsourcing.
As hospital strike neared, McKenzie-Willamette settled Sep 18, 2019 For some of the least-paid hospital workers, wages will rise 10 percent in two years.
Massive Kaiser Permanente strike could come in October Sep 5, 2019 If it happens, it would be the biggest strike in the United States in 22 years.
Hospital support workers unionize – by one vote – at Providence Portland Feb 25, 2019 In a real-life demonstration that every vote counts, support staff at Providence Portland hospital have won a union by a single vote — after an on-again, off-again campaign that goes back 20 years.
Union-backed coalition pushes bold vision for Broadway corridor project Aug 21, 2018 Redevelopment of the 32-acre downtown site will set the tone for what kind of city Portland will be.
At Providence Milwaukie hospital, support workers go union Jul 5, 2018 Workers voted 92-54 to join SEIU Local 49.
Kaiser Permanente union coalition splits Mar 27, 2018 The day before bargaining was to begin, unions representing 45,000 members left the coalition, while unions representing 70,700 members remain.
Daimler’s Portland truck plant will soon be hiring Dec 27, 2017 Coming in March: Union jobs with family wages and benefits.
New System laundry strike ends after two days Dec 12, 2017 Strikers got symbolic support from the laundry’s customers and from Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek.
