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SEIU Local 49
Collective bargaining
After two strikes, Springfield hospital workers approve contract
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
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
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
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
Members of the union bargaining team that negotiated the master janitorial agreement. (Photo courtesy SEIU Local 49)
Collective bargaining
As strike neared, Legacy Health Systems settled with SEIU Local 49
Help with advancement: Under their new contract, SEIU Local 49 members at Legacy Good Samaritan, above, have access to joint union-employer funds to pay tuition for classes that can help them get ahead.
Collective bargaining
Providence Milwaukie signs first union contract
Providence Health System fought against the union of housekeepers and CNAs at every stage in their three-year campaign to win improvements.
People
Leadership change at Portland Jobs with Justice
Will Layng is leaving as executive director to return to SEIU, where he formerly worked as organizing director at Local 49.
Workers Rights
Portland Airport implements new $15 wage floor
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.
Workers Rights
Over 800 Providence hospital workers lose their union over one smudged ballot
It’s the latest decision by Trump appointees on the NLRB who seem determined to reverse labor rights reforms of the Obama era.
Jobs
Roadblock in the Broadway Corridor?
A deal on a community benefits agreement is held up over equity for construction workers.
Jobs
COVID-19 prevention leads Daimler to close Portland truck plant
The closure impacts roughly 700 members of four unions, and comes amid concerns that workers can't all maintain six feet distance.
Collective bargaining
Strike averted at Kaiser Permanente
A tentative deal would raise wages and limit outsourcing.
Collective bargaining
As hospital strike neared, McKenzie-Willamette settled
For some of the least-paid hospital workers, wages will rise 10 percent in two years.
Collective bargaining
Massive Kaiser Permanente strike could come in October
If it happens, it would be the biggest strike in the United States in 22 years.
Union Organizing
Hospital support workers unionize – by one vote – at Providence Portland
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.
Jobs
Union-backed coalition pushes bold vision for Broadway corridor project
Redevelopment of the 32-acre downtown site will set the tone for what kind of city Portland will be.
Union Organizing
At Providence Milwaukie hospital, support workers go union
Workers voted 92-54 to join SEIU Local 49.
Union democracy
Kaiser Permanente union coalition splits
The day before bargaining was to begin, unions representing 45,000 members left the coalition, while unions representing 70,700 members remain.
Jobs
Daimler’s Portland truck plant will soon be hiring
Coming in March: Union jobs with family wages and benefits.
