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Lines For Life

Oregon

National three-digit suicide hotline launches

At Oregon's Lines for Life, newly unionized call-takers expect a jump in call volume as the program rolls out.
Union Organizing

Suicide hotline workers vote to unionize

More than 160 employees of nonprofit behavioral health provider Lines for Life are now members of AFSCME Local 1790.
Union Organizing

Suicide hotline workers to vote on joining Oregon AFSCME

At Lines For Life, a Portland nonprofit led by former U.S. attorney Dwight Holton, a strong majority of the 160 employees want a union.
Worker safety

Construction industry confronts suicide in the ranks

Construction workers commit suicide at three times the national average. More die by suicide than job site injuries or accidents.

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