Portland Community College Workers Defeat Budget Cuts in Wall-to-Wall Strike

Two unions representing 2,300 workers at Portland Community College went on strike for three weeks in March. It was the first-ever community college strike in Oregon, and a rare wall-to-wall strike where both educators and support staff walked out together. The strike ended in resounding victory. We won wage increases and protection against cuts to course offerings, and defeated the administration’s attempt to impose budget cuts on the backs of workers and students. Six weeks after we reached a tentative agreement, PCC President Dr. Adrien Bennings resigned.