GTFF members authorize strike, with 95% of voters GTFF announced last Friday that its members voted overwhelmingly to authorized its executive board to call for a strike. 1,044 members overall voted yes, which represents 95% of those that voted. Over 86% of its members participated in the vote. The union […]
Continue readingUFCW 555 ratifies contract plus other news & events
New contract for major grocer workers ratified After over a year of fighting for it, UFCW 555 announced last week that a new contract has been ratified. Among the key highlights in the contract are 20 hour weekly guarantee and no cuts to healthcare. They also made progress to gender […]
Continue readingRespect GEs, respect mobile home residents
UO admin and GTFF present “last best final” offers Both sides in GTFF bargaining gave their “last best final” offers. UO changed the structure of their offers a bit and gave the union a couple different options with regards to healthcare, but still provides cuts to healthcare and does not […]
Continue readingSEIU 503 reaches tentative agreement & more news!
UFCW 555 & Kaiser get their own TAs, GTFF declares impasse Higher ed workers get deal at bargaining table SEIU 503’s higher education bargaining team was able to win concessions from management and get a tentative contract early Saturday morning. This was after being prepared to strike Monday. Included in […]
Continue readingUFCW 555 calls for boycott of Fred Meyer stores
Plus: higher ed workers still seek fair contract Workers call for boycott of Fred Meyer stores After 15+ months of bargaining with the employer , UFCW 555 called for a boycott of all the Fred Meyer stores where they cancelled contracts a little over a week and half before. This […]
Continue readingSEIU 503 Higher Ed workers authorize strike
Strike would happen on Sep. 30. Plus SEIU 49 Kaiser bargaining team authorize Oct. 14 strike Workers across seven universities authorize strike After taking strike votes on Monday and Tuesday, SEIU 503 Higher Ed workers voted to authorize a strike. SEIU will be bargaining with management next on Monday, September […]
Continue readingMcKenzie-Willamette workers ratify new contract
Plus Fred Meyer seeking scabs, City Council aims to repeal House Bill 2001 McKenzie-Willamette workers ratify new contract Last Friday McKenzie Willamette workers represented by SEIU 49 voted to ratify a new contract after the bargaining team reached a a tentative deal on Wednesday. This averted the strike that was […]
Continue readingMcKenzie-Willamette workers plan strike Sep. 10
Three day Strike at McKenzie Willamette Hospital McKenzie-Willamette caregivers announced plans last Friday to go on strike September 10-12. A majority of its 400 workers, represented by SEIU 49, voted to authorize a strike back in mid-August. Workers will be picketing 7:30 AM to 7:30 PM on September 10, 11, […]
Continue readingMultiple unions authorize strikes
SEIU 49, UFCW 555 workers authorize strike Kaiser Permanente workers from across the country have been taking strike authorization votes over the last month. A couple weeks ago workers at in California voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. Last week Kaiser workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington also approved of […]
Continue readingReady to strike
Classified university workers declare impasse On Monday, higher education workers represented by SEIU 503 declared impasse in their bargaining with administrators. Both sides have 7 days from Monday to release their final offers, you can read the current economic proposals here (spoiler: management’s proposals are very poor). Following that is […]
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