Workers at Avamere Chestnut Lane, a one-of-a-kind assisted living facility for the Deaf and Deaf-Blind, have won their first contract, with the highest Assisted Living Facility wages in the State of Oregon and possibly in the country. Assisted living facilities…

Higher Ed Contract Ratified! The votes have been counted. And we are excited to announce that Higher Ed members of SEIU 503 have overwhelmingly voted to ratify the tentative agreement (TA) reached by the Bargaining Team and management at Oregon’s…

Ratification Locations Vote in person beginning Monday, March 11th – each campus will have on-site voting and more dates and times are being added to this page as they are confirmed. University of Oregon Wednesday, March 13th, 2024 EMU, 1395…

February 27,2024 Thanks to the incredible power workers have been building on our campuses—signing strike pledges, practice picketing, rallying, delivering our petitions to administration, and more—we have moved management to come to a tentative agreement that includes historic cost-of-living adjustments…

We are happy to announce that our bargaining team has reached a settlement with Addus in our current negotiations. The settlement includes immediate pay increases ranging from 4.5-8.7% retroactive to July 1, 2023 and an additional across the board 5%…

(Eugene, OR) Thanks to the incredible power workers have been building on our state’s seven university campuses—signing strike pledges, picketing, rallying, participating in worker “spirit” days, delivering our petitions to administration, and more—SEIU 503 higher education workers have reached a…

Salem, OR – Higher education workers represented by SEIU Local 503 this morning declared impasse in negotiations with university management, after its failure to bring meaningful proposals to the table in bargaining. Union members have been negotiating with university management…

After our second bargaining session with management and a mediator, university management walked away from the bargaining table after failing to offer proposals that meet members’ needs for a fair contract with COLAs that keep up with inflation. They continue…

In labor negotiations between an employer and a union in Oregon, declaring impasse means that both parties have reached a point in their negotiations where they are unable to make further progress in bargaining toward reaching an agreement on the…

SEIU 503 Higher Ed Workers Still Without New Contract
 After Management’s Inadequate Proposals Salem, OR – After months of negotiations, higher education workers represented by SEIU Local 503 will bargain with university management yet again with a mediator this week.…