The State Library of Oregon is one of SEIU 503’s smallest sublocals, but we are lucky to have a healthy 84% membership rate and regular Labor Management Committee meetings. This strong infrastructure was put to the test recently when SLO…

The Oregon DMV has been struggling with staffing shortages caused by budget constraints and hiring freezes at the Department of Transportation; to keep offices running, management scheduled some part-time employees to work full-time hours—without reclassifying them as full-time. As a…

On Friday the 6th, Senator Chris Gorsek (SE Portland), Chair of the Joint Transportation Committee, and Representative Tom Andersen (Salem) joined SEIU leaders for a site tour of Salem’s ODOT Maintenance Yard. Due to the $1.7 billion shortfall in ODOT’s…