CPPW email – Mediation Update

Your CPPW Bargaining Team showed up at mediation yesterday ready to bargain with the City to settle the contract.

The core issue in dispute continues to be real wage growth.

There was no movement in mediation. While this was not entirely unexpected, it is disappointing. The City bargaining team was given no additional economic authority by Mayor Wilson and brought no creative solutions forward to avert the strike.

Your union and the City will be back in mediation at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov 8. Your CPPW Bargaining Team is committed to do as much as we can to avert a strike, while also standing strong for members to settle a fair and strong contract.

read the Nov. 5 email

KGW: Unionized Portland city workers set to strike Nov. 9

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“Our members have showed up for this City through everything it has asked of them — through Covid, through financial crises, and the charter transition — and they are not asking for anything more than a fair contract and parity with our union siblings,” said CPPW Union President Kari Koch. “We would prefer to be at work providing the services Portlanders depend on, but there was no movement from the City in the Nov. 4 session to avert the strike.”

WE PNW: About 800 Portland City Workers Prepare for November 9 Strike as Contract Talks Stall Again

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The City of Portland and the City of Portland Professional Workers Union remain at odds after unsuccessful negotiations on November 4. A strike could affect technical support for 911, emergency coordination and other municipal operations. One more mediation session is scheduled for November 8 before the planned walkout.