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Mid-Columbia Center for Living
Collective bargaining
First union contract for behavioral health workers in the Columbia Gorge
After 16 months of negotiating, employees of the Mid-Columbia Center for Living will see pay increases totaling 13% over the next three years.
Workers Rights
Columbia Gorge behavioral health provider breaks labor law and pays a price
Management wanted to continue one-to-one relationship with workers. But workers preferred a 112-to-1 relationship, and unionized with AFSCME.
Union Organizing
Columbia Gorge behavioral health workers join AFSCME
For Oregon AFSCME, it’s an unbroken string of organizing wins at behavioral health agencies.
