CPPW email – CPPW in the news

Get caught up! Hit the email link for a recap of news over the last couple weeks on your contract and possible strike. Want more? Follow the CPPW Instagram for member videos, stories of our work, and in the moment updates.

Highlights include:

  • Press release: CPPW Set to Strike on Nov. 9
  • City Council session: CPPW President announces intent to strike
  • News coverage by Northwest Labor Press, OPB, XRay FM, and KGW
  • CPPW on podcasts: KBOO Labor Radio, CityCast Portland, and Progress Portland
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Listen: Progress Portland talks with CPPW President Kari Koch

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In Progress Portland’s episode 63, they talk to Kari Koch, president of the City of Portland Professional Workers Union, activist and all around great person.

Kari discusses the challenges of having a muddy and unclear job title system, the lack of representation amongst over 800 workers at the city until the CPPW was created, how the city whilst moving away from an inefficient commissioner system has replaced many of the inefficiencies  with new ones through management layers, and why city workers deserve a living wages, increases, and clarity in their roles.

City of Portland Professional Workers Union (CPPW) Set to Strike on Nov. 9

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Oct. 29, 2026) PORTLAND, OR – City workers represented by the City of Portland Professional Workers Union (CPPW) have notified the City of their intent to strike beginning Nov. 9 in response to City leadership’s failure to settle a fair contract. This announcement comes after CPPW membership voted 93% to authorize a strike. The 800-member union said it’s at odds with the City over workers’ demands for fair compensation, equitable wage increases, stability, and respect on the job. 

Immediate impact

CPPW represents analysts, coordinators, admin specialists, financial analysts, technology business representatives, and other essential positions across every bureau and office. 

A Nov. 9 strike would immediately disrupt a broad array of city services, everything from victim support to water quality, public engagement to critical financial analysis right as bureaus must develop budgets for the Mayor for next fiscal year.

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CPPW Email – No Movement From City. Strike Called for November 9, 2026.

From your CPPW Strike Committee

After the City and Mayor Wilson shut down contract mediation last Thursday, CPPW’s Strike Committee voted to formally declare our intent to strike. 

In Monday’s emergency general membership meeting, your union leadership explained the situation and announced the call for CPPW members to strike beginning Monday, Nov. 9. Your union is required to provide at least 10 days notice of our intent to strike. That formal notice will go to city and state officials this week.

Hit the link for the full email, including:

  • What happened
  • Before the strike — Work to rule
  • We win this together or not at all
  • Upcoming events
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