Tag: labor

Workers protested again in front of Market of Choice off of Willamette Street on July 4th, a day they say is one of the busiest days of the year for the company. They have been protesting on and off for over two week against the company’s ban on Black lives […]

The Student Insurgent, the independent radical newspaper at the University of Oregon, recently launched their website. I have been contributing to the publication and below is an adaption of my update on United Academics bargaining that I submitted for this month’s issue. UAUO begins bargaining United Academics of the University […]

Late Tuesday night GTFF’s bargaining team reached a tentative agreement with the administration, after 14 hours bargaining. GTFF won no cuts to healthcare on Friday and went into Tuesday to finish the contract that includes 3% raises for minimum salaries and 1.4% raises for all other salaries. Before reaching the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]