Strike threat looms at Portland Community College

Raises of 0.35% a year? Yes, you read the zero right. Two unions at PCC jointly declared impasse Jan. 30 and could strike as soon as March 10.

Faculty say they’re ready to strike at Lane Community College 

The union — an affiliate of OEA — says it’s far apart from the administration on compensation, workload, and job security.

Refugee service staff win first contract with OPEIU

Almost 700 workers serving refugees across the country will get 2% raises and stronger layoff protections.

More layoffs at Roseburg Forest Products

It’s the company's third set of layoffs in or near Southern Oregon in six months.

OHSU researchers voting on first-ever union deal

Bargaining expectations were tempered because OHSU research has been hit by Trump administration cuts to the National Institutes of Health.

New union coalition will make a push for ‘climate jobs’

Building trades unions say they’re ready to help Oregon meet its climate goals.

Nabisco settles five-year dispute over temps

Mondelez-Nabisco violated its union contract when it brought in temps to do work that union members could have done.

UAW gets first-ever agreement with Volkswagen in the South

It was the first foreign-owned auto plant in the United States to unionize. Everywhere else in the world, VW factories are union-represented.

REI must reinstate fired worker

An 11-year employee was fired for clocking in seven minutes early. That was just a pretext, said the judge.

Kaiser pays half a billion to settle fraud case

According to the government, Kaiser defrauded Medicare in California and Colorado to the tune of about $1 billion over a period of 10 years.

California Kaiser strike now in week four

More than 31,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers in California and Hawaii have been on an open-ended strike since Jan. 26.

Ringing the alarm

Labor will have to figure out how to face up to an authoritarian playbook.

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