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SEIU Local 503

Collective Bargaining

OPB workers ratify contract bringing raises and bonus

Oct 19, 2022

In the end, management proposed a 4% raise in year one and merit-based raises of at least 1.5% in years 2 and 3.

Collective Bargaining

OPB workers enter second month without contract

Aug 3, 2022

Management at OPB had an interesting wage proposal for 26 workers represented by SEIU Local 503: No raises for the next three years.

Politics

A Union steward goes to City Hall

Apr 29, 2022

SEIU Local 503 member Micki Varney says serving as a steward was good preparation for her public service as a Salem City Councilor.

Collective Bargaining

Pay rises $2 an hour in new contract for home care workers

Dec 16, 2021

The deal between SEIU Local 503 and the State of Oregon covers 30,000 Oregon home care workers and also adds holidays and a step pay system.

Collective Bargaining

Serious outbreak of wage increases across nursing home industry

Jun 16, 2021

Though their contracts aren’t up til September, all five unionized nursing home chains have agreed to raise CNA starting wages to $18+.

Collective Bargaining

OIT faculty win first contract after eight days on strike

May 5, 2021

Faculty at the Oregon Institute of Technology were the last at any Oregon public university to unionize … and the first to strike.

Collective Bargaining

Under new union contract, Avamere nursing homes will pay the highest wages in the industry

May 4, 2021

The agreement also commits Avamere to union neutrality, which would speed unionization at more nursing homes and assisted living centers.

People

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.

Union Organizing

Springfield nursing home strike ends with mass resignation

Mar 3, 2021

After 23 residents died in nine weeks, workers struck for two weeks to demand union recognition. The nursing home’s investor owners refused.

Oregon

Union-backed initiatives would punish GOP walkout

Mar 5, 2020

The measures would fine Oregon lawmakers who fail to show up — and disqualify them from running for re-election.

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