At the beginning of 2021 thousands of homecare and personal support workers filled out bargaining surveys, which is the first step our union takes when negotiating a new contract. The results of the survey were loud and clear: workers want…

PRIORITY BARGAINING ISSUES  UNION PROPOSAL  MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL Date Last Proposed  Across-the-board Raises – 7/1/21: 3% or $100/mo, whichever is greater – 7/1/22: 3% or $100/mo, whichever is greater – 10/1/21: 2%* – 7/1/22: 1.85%* 4/1/21 – union & management Steps…

Please note, this table only reflects major pointsCentral Table Tentative Agreement 2021of proposals. Not every aspect of every proposal is reflected below. For more detail, please reach out to your coalition’s central table bargaining delegate. Last updated 7/19/21. PRIORITY ISSUES …

SEIU Committee Interest Forms are due by 12/15. See synopsis of our union’s standing Committees below. Reach out to your Organizer, Ricardo Varela, if interested in an appointment to any of the following: Rules Committee  promotes consistency in the union’s…

Bylaws Article XVII – COMMITTEES Section 1. The President shall appoint the chairs and members of Standing Committees of the Union, Standing Committees of the Board, Special Committees, and Special Councils subject to ratification by the Board, except as otherwise…

This year, our Union settled the best round of contracts in over a decade, winning meaningful wage increases and other important changes for tens of thousands of families in Oregon. Rebecca Sandoval, homecare worker and member of the 2019 bargaining…

Our union is built on people who have built their careers on their empathy and compassion, which drives them to do the work of professional caregiving. What drew member leader Serena McCurdy was her own personal relationship, which led her…

The Adult Foster Home Bargaining team consisting of, John Grim, Leah Silaev, Paul Groh, Clara McPhee, Michael McPhee, Cathryn Miles, Clay Stubblefield and Sarah Ray are very excited to announce that we tentatively agreed to a new contract at 9:50pm…

When the 2019 legislative session began in January, SEIU 503 laid out an ambitious agenda at the Oregon State Capitol. Our work supporting candidates who support workers resulted in a pro-union governor and a pro-worker supermajority in the House and…

With the recent legislation cutting PERS, Oregon has had yet another debate about public employee retirement. Time and time again, we struggle to define that conversation by the people impacted, not the dollars and cents in the budget. In truth,…