Labor

The strike is over for Nabisco workers in Portland who walked out over contract disputes over a month ago.

Members of Washington state's largest labor union have approved a tentative agreement with the state over Gov. Jay Inslee’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Since PeaceHealth announced its own vaccine deadlines, unions representing a swath of workers – from nurses to respiratory therapists to custodians – have leveled at least seven labor complaints.

Fred Meyer warehouse workers have voted unanimously to authorize a strike, which could disrupt food distribution at 180 locations across the Pacific Northwest.

The Portland Police Association announced Monday that it is taking its ongoing contract negotiations with the city to mediation. The move means the partially public negotiations will move behind closed doors, as the two sides make their cases on the thorniest issues that remain unresolved.

The university filed a petition asking for the state agency to declare the strike unlawful last week.

The university wants the Oregon Employment Relations Board to declare a tentative faculty strike unlawful.

A day after the contract was ratified, the union and the hospital put out very different messages.

The hospital's first worker strike in over 40 years comes after a wave of less visible protests.

Respiratory therapists and other technical workers crucial to fighting the pandemic aren’t paid enough to live in the city where they work, according to their union.