Portland workers reach tentative agreement with city, avoiding strike
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - More than 1,000 city workers have reached a tentative agreement with the City of Portland, avoiding a strike that was approved earlier this week. Oregon AFSCME Local 189 says the tentative agreement was reached after almost 18 hours at the bargaining table.
Hundreds of Portland city workers could strike next week
About 200 Portland municipal workers are planning to walk off their jobs next week as months of contract negotiations between city leaders and a coalition of trade unions continue to stall. Another 1,
Portland city workers vote overwhelmingly to strike
The unionized employees are part of the city's water, transportation, police and permitting departments. Workers want higher pay.
City of Portland workers vote to strike if agreement isn’t reached
City of Portland workers voted strongly in favor of striking on Tuesday if they can’t come to an agreement with the city.
Portland city workers vote to strike, mediation talks underway
City of Portland workers represented by Oregon AFSCME Local 189 have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike.
City of Portland delivers final offers to unions as strike threat looms
With a $40 million gap between union demands and the city’s offers, Portland is bracing for a possible strike as negotiations remain unresolved.
Portland’s largest public employee union authorizes strike as contract talks continue
The move, approved by 87% of members who voted, allows the union’s bargaining team to issue a 10-day strike notice to the ...
Gov. Kotek intervenes as Oregon healthcare strike hits week 3; mediation set to start.
In a significant development in Oregon's historic healthcare workers strike, the ONA and Providence Oregon have agreed to ...
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After Oregon governor steps in, Providence and nurses union resume talks amid strike
At Gov. Tina Kotek's urging, Providence officials and the nurses union have resumed in-person talks in an effort to end the ...
She gave birth at Providence St. Vincent in Portland. Then her doctors and nurses went on strike
Hannah Jarand gave birth to a baby boy at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, her fourth child born at the Portland ...
Providence strike day 18: Worker healthcare at risk amid ongoing negotiations
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The nurse and doctor strike at eight different Providence hospitals is going on day 18. Federal mediators have been called to help with the negotiations, both sides say they are ...
Portland nurses strike at crossroads as Providence states it is prepared to resume bargaining
The fight for these demands immediately poses the need for a broader industrial and political struggle against the Democrats, ...
Providence, striking Oregon health workers remain apart on key issues
Providence Health & Services and its unionized workers in Oregon appear to remain deadlocked a week into the largest health ...
Providence, ONA remain at odds as strike enters third week
About 5,000 nurses and physicians have been on the picket lines since Jan. 10 due to a dispute over pay and staffing levels at Providence facilities.