Tag: labor

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Workers petition gender pay gap at Fred Meyer Workers and allies are calling on Fred Meyer to fix the gender pay gap. Union data shows that female workers are getting paid $3.70 per hour less than men on average. Upon hire, women are being placed into a lower paid jobs.The […]