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SEIU Local 503
Collective bargaining
Classified workers at Oregon public universities get contract
Members will get two 2.25% raises, and universities backed off takeaways.
Oregon
Anti-union group targets Oregon public sector unions
Billionaire-funded group tells home care workers to save money by quitting their union
People
SEIU 503 political director Arthur Towers departs after decades of service to labor
Towers helped empower home care workers, raise corporate taxes, and save public services from cuts.
Workers Rights
Supreme Court decision in Harris v Quinn creates “right-to-work” situation for home care workers
Noel Canning, a separate decision, will create bureaucratic headache for the NLRB.
Union democracy
SEIU Local 503 votes not to merge with SEIU Local 49
Local 503 board recommends unification but delegates balk at changes
Politics
Union-backed Oregon group files anti-antiunion initiatives
If it gets more votes than an antiunion initiative, it would prevail
Union democracy
SEIU locals 503 and 49 discuss merger
Merged union would be 65,000-strong in government, health care and building services
Politics
SEIU files five prospective Oregon ballot initiatives on hospital reform
Hospitals would have to do charity care, disclose prices and quality, charge fair rates, cap CEO pay
Collective bargaining
Oregon university strike averted
Tentative deal includes modest raises for 4,300 support workers.
Collective bargaining
Oregon University System workers file strike notice
Some 4,200 classified workers at seven state universities could strike Sept. 30
Collective bargaining
SEIU 503 prepares to strike at 7 Oregon universities
Wages are a key sticking point for 4,200 university support workers.
Collective bargaining
Oregon unions sign tentative pacts for 22,000 state workers
SEIU and AFSCME members will get modest cost-of-living raises
Collective bargaining
Oregon University System getting tough with unions
OUS wants union rights concessions, a shift in health costs and raises less than inflation
Politics
Portland-area labor endorsements for May 21 election
Portland fluoridation fails to get 2/3 at NOLC, but labor endorses Metro levy, school board races
Jobs
Five protesters arrested at Salem mail processing facility
About 100 union members will lose jobs if the Salem plant closes in June.
Union Organizing
Five years in, still no flood of unionization through card check
Just 2,487 public employees have unionized since Oregon's card check law passed.
Politics
Labor readies agenda for the 2013 Oregon Legislature
On the agenda: Columbia River Crossing, public sector union-busting, prevailing wage, and PERS.
In Memoriam
Ken Spray, 1947-2012
The Heppner native worked for many union locals throughout his career.
Health Care
Health insurance ate my pension
What some unions are doing about out-of-control health care costs
Workers Rights
Parry Center workers reject campaign to bust their union
Now workers must get a contract at a non-profit that spent $65,000+ to bust the union.
