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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Workers at Portland Hilton Secure New Contract After Two Years of Bargaining

UNITE HERE Local 8 reached a tentative contract agreement that raises wages and restores automatic daily room cleaning at the Hilton and Duniway hotels in downtown Portland. The contract covers about 125 workers across the two hotels, including housekeepers, cooks, bellhops, and reception clerks. The contract would provide a 50-cent-an-hour raise every February and August though Feb. 1, 2027 for non-tipped workers and includes retroactive raises dating back to August 1, 2022.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Tillamook Bus Drivers Secure 5-Year Contract

Workers at Tillamook County Transportation District in Oregon unanimously ratified a five-year contract that raises starting wages about 22% over the life of the contract. Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 757 represents 26 workers, including drivers, dispatchers and vehicle maintenance employees. Other benefits include adding Juneteenth as a paid holiday, providing workers with five days of paid bereavement leave and doubling the rate of annual vacation accrual for workers in their first two years on the job.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Oregon Public Broadcasting Workers to Join SAG-AFTRA

Oregon Public Broadcasting workers informed management of their intention to form a union with SAG-AFTRA. Approximately 80% of workers at Portland-based Oregon Public Broadcasting and KMHD Jazz Radio signed a petition to management. The unit will consists of on-air hosts, reporters and video producers.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: University of Oregon Graduate Students Reach Tentative Agreement, Avoiding Strike

The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (GTFF), an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), reached a tentative agreement with the University of Oregon on a new 3-year contract. The agreement avoids an employee strike that was scheduled to start Jan. 17. The deal brings a substantial pay raise to graduate employees, continues of tuition and fee waivers, increases summer employment opportunities, continues health care coverage and includes other benefits.
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Shuler: Oregon Is Building Lasting Power Through Organizing

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler's remarks at the Oregon AFL-CIO Organizing Summit.
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Shuler: The Oregon Labor Movement Is a Source of Inspiration

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler's remarks to the Oregon Labor Law Conference.