Your union Bargaining Team has been working to update our contract with the City for almost 150 days. Progress has slowed dramatically.
CPPW email update – General membership meeting follow-up
TL;DR: There are big things happening at your union! In case you couldn’t make it to the meeting on Thursday or if you need reminders, here it is!
Highlights include:
- Important Event: Mediation Clap Back Aug 25
- Nominations are Open for CPPW Executive Board At Large Position
- Staffing Update
- Contract Bargaining Update
- City Council Candidate Scorecard
- Call for Election Committee – Critical but contained work!
- Professional Development Fund has new request form
CPPW email update – Participatory Budgeting Info Session Tuesday!
Should CPPW endorse the Your Two Cents Campaign? Come to the info session Tuesday, Aug 18 at noon to learn more. Plus, find all our updates about the elections when you hit the link.
Highlights include:
- Participatory Budgeting Endorsement
- Nominations are Open for CPPW Executive Board At Large Position
- How Does Voting Work?
- Internal Election Timeline
- City Council Candidate Scorecard
- Call for Election Committee – Critical but contained work!
CPPW email update – Elections! Open E -board seat, ballot measures, and more
It’s election season both inside and outside your union. Find all our updates about the elections by hitting the email link below.
Highlights include:
- Nominations are Open for CPPW Executive Board At Large Position
- Participatory Budgeting Endorsement
- How Does Voting Work?
- Internal Election Timeline
- City Council Candidate Scorecard
- Call for Election Committee – Critical but contained work!
- Goodbye to these CPPW Leaders 😭
CPPW email update – Tomorrow: Citywide Action Day!
CPPW’s August 11, 2026 email update is packed with great information. Highlights include:
- Union solidarity and working together for COLAs!
- Host a lunch and learn
- Upcoming member events
Strike Pledge 2026
Why Now?
This strike pledge is an important action to show that we are serious about moving negotiations forward and that you are willing to fight for a fair, equitable contract.
We’re fighting for a fair deal, respect for our work, and a secure future.
Our contract is about more than wages. It’s about schedules, telework, layoff protections, and keeping up with the cost of living.
If the City continues to stall on our contract, we may have to move towards a strike.
It’s time to Sign the Strike Pledge to unite with your coworkers and settle this contract! Every signed pledge demonstrates our power, our unity, and our strength.
Important Details:
- The strike pledge is not a strike authorization. Your collective action in signing the pledge strengthens our power at the bargaining table, letting the City know you are willing to go on strike, if needed.
- Any member can sign a strike pledge. In the future, only card-signed members can vote on a strike authorization.
- If you haven’t signed your union card yet, it is important that you sign your card!
- The strike pledge is an internal, union document. We won’t be releasing the list of individual signers.
- Got questions? We want to know! Reach out to Jed at organizer@cppwunion.org
Strike Pledge Phone Bank!
What? In person phone banking to support our strike pledge !
When? Saturday 6/27, from 10 am until we have called everyone, sign up for shifts!
Where? In person, in Portland, exact location TBD – RSVP for details!
Why? It works! Phone banking lets us talk member-to-member about what is happening and what we want to do about it. Let’s do it together. Food will be provided!
Who? You! Any CPPW member, family, and friends are invited!