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SEIU Local 503 Reaches Agreement with State on New Contract for 10,000 Homecare Workers
A member bargaining committee representing nearly 10,000 SEIU Local 503 homecare workers has reached a tentative agreement with the state on a new contract that protects historic gains in paid health coverage made in prior years and preserves pay rates an
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SEIU Delegates Vote Unanimous Approval of State Contract and Pledge Support for University Workers
Elected SEIU Local 503 bargaining delegates voted unanimously Saturday (August 15) to recommend that union members approve a tentative agreement covering more than 18,000 state employees and providing health insurance coverage to more than 4,000 classifie
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Union Calls Higher Ed Board Unfair to Student Recyclers
A union representing 14 part-time recycling specialists at Portland State University has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against Chancellor George Pernsteiner and the Oregon State Board of Higher Education for refusing to bargain about the recycl
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SEIU, AFSCME Reach Tentative Agreement with State on New Contracts
After eight months of negotiations, members of the state’s two largest public employee unions have reached a tentative agreement with the State on new two-year contracts through June 30, 2011.
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Nursing Home Settles NLRB Complaint by Fired Employee and Union
Laurelhurst Village Nursing Home of Portland has agreed to settle federal unfair labor practice charges filed by SEIU Local 503 on behalf of Laurelhurst workers including Elizabeth Lehr, its former "employee of the month" who was fired after she campaigne
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SEIU and Health Care for America NOW! Representatives to Rally, Sign "Declaration for Affordable Healthcare" at Congressman Greg
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Justice Delayed, Justice Denied? Nursing Home Plays Hardball
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House Speaker Dave Hunt to Address United for Oregon Rally Sunday in Portland
Oregon House Speaker Dave Hunt (D-Clackamas County) has accepted an invitation to address a rally of thousands of participants in Sunday's United for Oregon march at Terry Schrunk Plaza in downtown Portland.
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NLRB Issues Complaint Against Portland Nursing Home
The National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint accusing a Portland nursing home of unfair labor practices for threatening, intimidating, spying on and punishing employees who attempting to organize a union.
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Workers' March in Portland This Sunday Gains Momentum
It started as a union march, expected to rally maybe a thousand workers and their supporters in support of preserving state services targeted for budget cuts in the Legislature.
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