What’s in this issue:  A Letter From Our Homecare President In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Our Contract Was Ratified  All-Member Virtual Town Hall  Stay in the Know: Update your Contact info  In-Person Support for Carewell SEIU 503 Benefits …

Your Central Table Bargaining Team has reached a Tentative Agreement with state management—thanks to the strength, unity, and actions of members like you from across Oregon. After months of negotiations—including long hours in the final days of bargaining, plus last…

What’s in this issue:  Your Voice. Your Contract. Your Vote. Ballots went out on Monday, July 21  ODDS Rule Change: Paid Support Allowed While Traveling Outside the U.S.  Around Our Union: Special Legislative Session to Save ODOT Jobs, Worker Action…

Breaking News: State Contract Ratified!  The votes have been tallied, and the 2025 – 2027 state contract is now ratified with 86% of state members casting a ballot in support of the tentative agreement.   Together, we won a contract with…

By Central Table Bargaining Co-Chairs Ibrahim Coulibaly and Austin Folnagy  We’d like to share with our fellow members our experience as bargaining team members after reaching a Tentative Agreement (TA) for the next state worker contract. We must begin by…

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…

Our New Contract Has Been Ratified. SEIU 503 Homecare Workers Get a Raise in 2026 — Here’s When It Shows Up.  SEIU Local 503 homecare, personal support, and personal care attendant workers will receive a $1.25/hour wage increase in 2026…

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…

March 30, 2022 On March 29, our MCEA bargaining team met with management for a sixth, and very important, bargaining session. At this meeting, we presented management with our economic proposal: an 8.5% Cost-of-living adjustment for all MCEA employees effective…

Legislative Session Winds Down The 2021 Legislative Session will come to an end this week. Despite challenging dynamics this has been a positive legislative session for our union. Increased resources meant that state budget writers were able to craft Agency…