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UNITE HERE Local 8
Collective bargaining
New contract at Portland Hilton, after two years bargaining
A new agreement with UNITE HERE Local 8 raises wages and restores automatic daily room cleaning at the Hilton and Duniway hotels in Portland.
Portland
Union-bashing Willamette Week tramples the facts in airport story
That story about the union that wants to raise prices and rid the airport of small businesses? Fake news.
Culture
Unions are wall-to-wall at Keller Auditorium
With the recent unionization of dancers at the Oregon Ballet Theatre, their shows are now executed by an all-union workforce.
Jobs
New Convention Center hotel will be union built
And likely union operated, as Hyatt signs a neutrality agreement with UNITE HERE Local 8
Union Organizing
Cafeteria workers unionize at Lewis & Clark College
Bon Appétit Management Company voluntarily recognized UNITE HERE under a neutrality agreement.
Collective bargaining
Portland airport retail workers get raises in first union contract with UNITE HERE
World Duty Free at first fought the union, but later it reinstated four fired union supporters and reached agreement on a first contract.
People
Proud to be Union — AND Transgender
Pride At Work Oregon chapter president Be Marston tells how she went from a boss-hating bartender to a passionate believer in unions.
Workers Rights
Portland airport retailer fires union activists
World Duty Free declined to voluntarily recognize UNITE HERE
Collective bargaining
UNITE HERE calls first contract a big victory for Portland airport food service workers
Wages will rise $1.40 an hour, and workers will get major scheduling improvements
Collective bargaining
New Hilton contract raises wages above $15
The contract will cover about 265 workers at the largest of Portland's four union hotels
Union Organizing
Portland airport shop workers want a union too
Workers at the Portland airport Kiehl’s, Rich’s News, Oregonian, and The Market want a union
Workers Rights
Port to weigh PDX worker reforms
Port Commission will hear proposal for “worker retention” at March 11 meeting
Workers Rights
Port of Portland will consider a “social equity” policy for airport workers
PDX lags behind other West Coast airports in raising standards for low-wage service workers
Union Organizing
UNITE HERE victory at airport
A group of concessions workers at the Portland airport will now be union members
Jobs
Convention Center hotel closer to breaking ground
Hyatt would be neutral toward hotel workers unionizing.
National
UNITE HERE and Hyatt reach national agreement
Pact provides contracts and process for workers to join unions
Union Organizing
Hyatt signs rare “labor peace” agreement in anticipation of subsidy
UNITE HERE, the union that represents hotel workers, has reached a landmark neutrality agreement with Hyatt Hotels.
