Category: Bargaining

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 update – September Union Events to Settle this Contract!

September actions for everyone: Join your union for a month full of activities and actions as we work toward a fair contract!

Check out the email for opportunities to learn, activate, and connect—including an all-City union rally outside the September 16 City Council meeting to make our voices heard.

Nothing will happen without you – so take a look, mark your calendars, and get ready to put the pressure on.

September events:

  • Sept. 2 Solidarity with the Protec17 Practice Picket
  • Sept. 8 CPPW Executive Board Candidate Q&A
  • Sept. 9 Contract & Mediation Info Session #1
  • Sept. 10 CPPW Social Hour with Executive Board & Candidates
  • Sept. 16 All City Union Rally at City Hall!
  • Sept. 17 General Membership Meeting
  • Sept. 22 Contract & Mediation Info Session #2
  • Sept. 25 Strike Fundraiser with Dolly Parton Movie Night: 9 to 5
read the september 1, 2026 email
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CPPW email update – Mediation Day 1: No Progress

TL;DR: The City brought no proposals to mediation while spending a lot of money on executive managers. It’ll take member action to settle this contract.

Highlights include:

  • Bargaining Team Report Back
  • What You Can Do
  • Contract Details
  • Member Spotlight
read the august 28, 2026 email
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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.

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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!