Follow-up: 800 Portland City Workers Strike on Nov. 9, Picketing City Hall and Sewage Plant
PORTLAND, Ore. — The City of Portland Professional Workers union, representing about 800 city professional employees in Multnomah County, Oregon, began a strike at 12:01 a.m. on November 9, with picket lines going up this morning at City Hall and the sewage treatment plant.
The union and the city have negotiated for nearly a year without an agreement. A final mediation session on November 8, attended by Mayor Keith Wilson, ended before 6 p.m. after the city rejected a union compromise proposal, and no further mediation was scheduled. Members authorized the strike in October with 93% voting in favor; their demands include cost-of-living raises, equitable pay increases and job security.
The union represents analysts, coordinators, administrative specialists, financial analysts and technical business representatives across city departments. The city says it will keep providing services to residents and remains committed to bargaining in good faith. The union says picketing will run daily from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at City Hall, and from 5:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the sewage plant.
Source: City of Portland Professional Workers Union
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