After twenty-two hours of bargaining, Oregon public university workers early Saturday morning reached a tentative agreement with university administrators on a new contract that covers wages, benefits, and other workplace policies. The agreement follows months of negotiations and worker actions,…

This post covers the new contract for homecare and personal support workers. Click these links to access the full Tentative Agreement Summaries for Homecare or Personal Support. Tentative Agreements can be translated into your preferred language by clicking on one…

Our bargaining team has fought hard and now we have won a historic tentative agreement that will give state workers 10-15% raises, stop increases in healthcare costs, add additional steps for longtime staff, help us deal with workplace abuse, and…

After years with little support for the state, child care providers finally see progress on wages and enrollment.  Child care providers in our union reached a tentative agreement (TA) last week on a new contract, which includes a 5% raise…

This post covers the new contract agreement for State employees.    Back in December, our State Bargaining Team conducted surveys and went on the road to hear SEIU members’ top priorities for our next contract. Two priorities emerged loud and…

Earlier this week, our bargaining team reached a tentative agreement on our contract! Here are some of the highlights: .81 cent per hour raise for all members, effective immediately and retroactive to October 1st. Ability to cash out up to…

Through the hard work of our Membership, Central Table Bargaining Team, Central Table Support Staff, and many others, we are happy to announce that the 2017 Economic Reopener for SEIU 503 members working for the State of Oregon has been…

We are excited to announce that we’ve reached a tentative agreement on our AFH contract. Coming into bargaining last week we were disappointed with the State’s latest proposal which was divisive and would have only given increases to APD providers,…

We are excited to announce that 95 percent of voting state worker members said YES to ratify their new contract! This means that all provisions of the contract will go into effect as soon as both sides sign the new…

This is a detailed summary of the Tentative Agreement that your Bargaining Team reached with PPS on Thursday, January 18th. Read the full set of Tentative Agreements here. Questions? Contact your Organizer, Joe Cartino at cartinoj@seiu503.org Appendix A – Nutrition…