Frontline healthcare workers strike McKenzie-Willamette Oct 13, 2021 Members of Service Employees Local 49 are fighting for wage increases, improved job safety, and to stop the hospital from outsourcing jobs.
SEIU Local 49 ratifies new master janitorial agreement Aug 18, 2021 About 1,800 janitors will see wages rise $2.25 an hour over the next three years, reaching $18 an hour in year three.
As strike neared, Legacy Health Systems settled with SEIU Local 49 Aug 11, 2021 1,100 hospital workers at Legacy Emanuel and Good Samaritan were set to walk out July 15; instead they ratified a five-year contract.
Providence Milwaukie signs first union contract May 19, 2021 Providence Health System fought against the union of housekeepers and CNAs at every stage in their three-year campaign to win improvements.
Leadership change at Portland Jobs with Justice Mar 31, 2021 Will Layng is leaving as executive director to return to SEIU, where he formerly worked as organizing director at Local 49.
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.
Over 800 Providence hospital workers lose their union over one smudged ballot Jul 8, 2020 It’s the latest decision by Trump appointees on the NLRB who seem determined to reverse labor rights reforms of the Obama era.
Roadblock in the Broadway Corridor? Jun 17, 2020 A deal on a community benefits agreement is held up over equity for construction workers.
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.
