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AFSCME Local 328
Jobs
OHSU unions slam layoffsÂ
Publicly owned OHSU is laying off 400 workers even as it plans a $1 billion acquisition of Legacy and pours cash into executive compensation.
Jobs
Hillsboro hospital outsources housekeeping and food service
More than 50 housekeepers and food service workers are being offered jobs at a contractor, Compass One Healthcare. They may be better off.
Collective bargaining
Is OHSU trying to weasel out of promised raises?
Just weeks after AFSCME Local 328 ratified a contract with Oregon Health & Science University, management is violating the terms of the deal.
Collective bargaining
OHSU workers ratify contract
AFSCME Local 328’s new agreement guarantees across-the-board raises of 7% in year one and 5% in years two and three.
Collective bargaining
AFSCME reaches tentative agreement with OHSU
If ratified by members, it would include across-the-board raises of 7%, 5%, and 5% over three years, and ratification bonuses.
Collective bargaining
Potential strike draws closer at OHSU
More than 7,000 AFSCME-represented workers at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) could strike as soon as Oct. 7.
Collective bargaining
OHSU bargaining continues, and so does picketing
AFSCME and Oregon Health and Science University management have reached several tentative agreements, but have not settled on wage increases.
Collective bargaining
AFSCME holds firm on raises in OHSU bargaining
After 17 weeks of bargaining and some tentative agreements, economics are a key sticking point between OHSU and AFSCME.
Worker safety
Health care workers on the front lines
As hospitals prepare for an expected surge in serious respiratory illnesses from the coronavirus, medical staff are sounding the alarm.
Workers Rights
OHSU admits to trolling AFSCME, agrees to full investigation
An outside attorney will interview dozens of OHSU employees to determine if other members of the management bargaining team took part in deceptive trolling.
Collective bargaining
Workers at OHSU ratify new deal after managers outed for trolling
Over 6,000 workers will get $1,000 bonuses and raises totaling 9.5% in new three-year deal.
Collective bargaining
Troll on the Hill
At OHSU, a union volunteer uncovered management bargaining team members engaging in obscene social media trolling, leading to the resignation of OHSU's director of human resources.
Collective bargaining
AFSCME Local 328 declares impasse at OHSU
A strike authorization vote will be held Aug. 19-29 if a settlement hasn’t been reached.
Collective bargaining
Union to OHSU: Health workers need sick days
As an early signal that they’re unwilling to make concessions in their next union contract, over 1,000 AFSCME Local 328 supporters rallied June 13 at OHSU.
Politics
Oregon unions endorse Ballot Measure 91 to legalize marijuana
Most unions are taking no position, but UFCW and two AFSCME locals recommend a yes vote
Building our communities
New union storefront on Barbur
OHSU Local 328, AFSCME’s largest, buys nearby storefront
Collective bargaining
Three-year pact raises pay for 5,300 AFSCME members at OHSU
But gains are smaller for members who participate in PERS.
National
We are the 99 percent: Unions get behind the Occupy movement
Unions line up in support of Occupy Wall Street as the movement explodes.
