SEIU Local 503 Archives - Page 2 of 7

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.

30,000 workers will get $15 an hour under the new contract.

The strike would involve about 5,000 SEIU Local 503 members at seven public universities.

The new two-year union contract covers 24,000 state employees.