2025 contract – Page 2 – City of Portland Professional Workers Union

Oct 15 Bargaining Update

On October 14, 2024, CPPW Bargaining Team met with the City and exchanged the following proposals:

Holiday: CPPW Counter Proposal focused on allowing up to 5 flexible holidays. This would allow members to use some of your holiday hours for days that are culturally appropriate for you. Also prioritized securing fair compensation for members who are required to work on holidays.
Performance Incentive Leave: CPPW Counter Proposal creates a system for receiving additional hours of leave based on your job performance. This is not management leave, but is up to 80 hours of additional leave based on a clear and equitable system.

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Contract Bargaining is moving forward with CPPW doing the majority of the heavy lifting to propose articles and craft language. The City has taken a lackadaisical attitude, offering few counters and seeming to hope they can just drag their feet through the rest of 2024. That won’t work for us!

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Economic Package Info Sessions

Negotiations are heating up and we will not settle for a weak contract!

Two information sessions for CPPW members this month to dig into the details of the proposals for your wages, compensation, and workplace protections.

We will also share a plan for what comes next and actions you can participate in to advocate for ourselves and each other.

Thursday, August 22, noon – 1pm, link to join Teams call

Wednesday, August 28, noon – 1pm, link to join Teams call

Reminder: the August general membership meeting is canceled so these session are the only places to get live updates this month!

Classification Study Update

You should have gotten an email on Monday, June 17, 2024 inviting you to participate in a Classification and Compensation study.

This is a part of our contract bargaining.

Top things your Bargaining Team wants you to know:

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Bargaining Event – May 21

Want serious raises in 2025?
Want more fair remote work scheduling and in office exceptions?
Ready to have cash out options for your vacation leave?
Think we should evolve Management Leave into a fair & equitable Earned Leave policy?

Then, it’s time to show the City that you are ready to do something about it!

The CPPW Contract Action Team is calling out all CPPW members to come join us and highlight our priorities and our collective power to the City!

Tuesday, May 21
CPPW will be providing lunch
Noon – 1pm (Note: New Time!)
Portland Building Room 217 for lunch, Room 216 for Bargaining

RSVP now to let us know you’ll come
or that you can’t be there in person but want the digital swag to support remotely.

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