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+.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Portland Public Schools ratifies union contracts with maintenance, custodians, food service workers Feb 5, 2020 All told, nearly 600 workers will get raises of 3% to 5% a year and more over the next few years.
Tentative deal avoids strike at seven Oregon universities Oct 2, 2019 The agreement includes the largest cost-of-living raise that university support workers have received in more than a decade.
Homecare workers get retirement, harassment policy in new contract Sep 18, 2019 30,000 workers will get $15 an hour under the new contract.
Workers could strike Oregon universities Sept. 30 Sep 18, 2019 The strike would involve about 5,000 SEIU Local 503 members at seven public universities.
