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SEIU Local 503

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
Oregon

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.
Oregon

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.
Oregon

U.S. Bank drops ATM fees for unemployed after union protest

Oregon’s state treasurer appears to have responded to SEIU’s appeal to bargain better terms.
Collective bargaining

Oregon home care workers protest wage and benefit cuts

Oregon is cutting hours and proposing health care cuts for $10.20 an hour home care workers.
Oregon/Washington

Oregon public employee unions reach deal with state

Union bargainers agree — for the first time — to give up fully-paid health coverage.
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