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SEIU Local 49

Workers Rights

Workers petition for a prayer room at the Portland airport

Mar 15, 2023

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

Workers Rights

PDX tells service contractors to increase PTO

Jan 18, 2023

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

Labor History

SEIU Local 49 celebrates 100 years

Nov 30, 2022

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

Collective Bargaining

Oregon Coast hospital workers ratify contract

Jul 13, 2022

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

Union Organizing

Providence Medford hospital techs want union

Feb 2, 2022

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

Collective Bargaining

After two strikes, Springfield hospital workers approve contract

Feb 2, 2022

The deal means over 22% raises over three years on average for roughly 300 support workers at one of only two for-profit hospitals in Oregon.

Collective Bargaining

Strike at Springfield hospital

Dec 16, 2021

Over 300 workers held a 5-day strike at McKenzie-Willamette Hospital to protest outsourcing of laundry, food service and housekeeping.

Collective Bargaining

Daimler Machinists: $4 raise plus essential worker bonus

Nov 5, 2021

Four unions at the Portland truck plant ratified new five-year agreements that raise wages $4, and hold the line on health insurance costs.

Collective Bargaining

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.

Collective Bargaining

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.

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