SEIU Local 503 Archives

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

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.

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

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

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

Will Layng is leaving as executive director to return to SEIU, where he formerly worked as organizing director at Local 49.

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

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

All told, nearly 600 workers will get raises of 3% to 5% a year and more over the next few years.

The agreement includes the largest cost-of-living raise that university support workers have received in more than a decade.