We will be holding informational meetings across the state to discuss our potential new contract with the State. Please check back for more details on times and locations as this is a work in progress. Click here for more information…

This is a detailed summary of the Tentative Agreement that your Bargaining Team reached with PPS on Thursday, January 18th. Read the full set of Tentative Agreements here. Questions? Contact your Organizer, Joe Cartino at cartinoj@seiu503.org Appendix A – Nutrition…

After months of bargaining, Avamere Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) won their first contract! This is the first group of LPNs EVER to win a union contract in Oregon’s nursing home industry. Nursing home leaders achieved a goal that nursing home…

What’s in this issue:  Paper Ballots Going Out October 30 Avoid the Waitlist: Childcare for Workers  Having Trouble Reaching Your Caseworker?  Become a Union Steward!  Homecare Contract Ratification Vote: Mail-in Ballots Go Out Oct. 30 Ratification for the new tentative…

Wage Increases The average Arete worker will see an 18% increase over the life of the contract. On 1/1/2023, 1/1/2024, and 1/1/2025, all workers will get a 3% COLA plus one step up the wage scale, equal to an additional…

This victory was hard won by the bargaining team and all of us who took action during this campaign by purpling up, coming to rallies and informational pickets, sending emails to decision-makers, and signing strike pledges. Our union actions made…

We are over 22,000 State workers, joined together in union to make Oregon a better place to live and work. We are DHS workers who provide direct services to over one million Oregonians each year, ODOT workers who put in…

July 28 Cast Your E-Ballot on the Proposed Contract Voting is now open! This Monday, State members received their electronic ballots through email, and the votes are coming in. Voting to ratify a contract is one of the single most…

  Welcome to your one-stop-shop for everything CAT-related on the Human Services team! This page is updated on an ongoing basis to make materials available to CATs so be sure to bookmark this page and check back frequently for updates…

Your bargaining team has come to a tentative agreement (TA)! Here is a summary of that agreement: Article 4—Hours of Work Section 3: Housekeeping (removed reference to 7.5 hour workdays not currently in use) Section 6: guarantees that employee requests…