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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.
Our 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
Our 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.

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