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OFNHP
Collective bargaining
OFNHP reaches agreements with PeaceHealth
More than 1,300 health care workers struck Oct. 23-27 at PeaceHealth Southwest in Vancouver and St. John Medical Center in Longview.
Collective bargaining
Picketing at Peacehealth SW hospital
Health techs are demanding living wages in the next union contract with Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals.
Union democracy
Union nurse appointed to number two spot in Oregon AFL-CIO
Sarina Roher is a Kaiser Permanente RN and executive secretary of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP).
Union democracy
Challenger outpolls incumbent at OFNHP
Jonathon Baker has taken office as president of Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP).
Collective bargaining
Providence Milwaukie signs first union contract
Providence Health System fought against the union of housekeepers and CNAs at every stage in their three-year campaign to win improvements.
Collective bargaining
OFNHP signs first contract at St. Charles Hospital in Bend
Even with the agreement ratified and signed, the hospital's management can’t resist taking potshots at the union.
Collective bargaining
St. Charles hospital in Bend recommits to negotiations after nine-day strike by medical techs
After trying over a year to get a first union contract, 143 medical technologists at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend walked off the job.
Politics
Union leader vies to succeed state rep Diego Hernandez
Kaiser Permanente nurse Adrienne Enghouse, former president of OFNHP, is one of three candidates being considered for the vacancy.
Worker safety
When are elected officials going to get serious? Unions condemn the continued mask shortage
Remember the proverb about the kingdom that was lost for the want of a horseshoe nail? Today, America is in crisis over the want of a 60-cent mask.
Union democracy
OFNHP elects new set of leaders
Kaiser RN Jodi Barschow was elected to lead OFNHP at the head of a reform slate. Incumbent Adrienne Enghouse placed third.
Union Organizing
Medical techs unionize at St. Charles Hospital in Bend
Despite an anti-union campaign by management, the group of 163 workers voted by a 3-to-1 margin to join OFNHP.
Collective bargaining
Massive Kaiser Permanente strike could come in October
If it happens, it would be the biggest strike in the United States in 22 years.
Union Organizing
At an autism therapy chain, low-wage therapists unionize
After weeks of comically ineffective pleading by a tone-deaf company CEO and a pair of hired-gun union-busters, over 80 percent of the workers vote union.
Union democracy
Kaiser Permanente union coalition splits
The day before bargaining was to begin, unions representing 45,000 members left the coalition, while unions representing 70,700 members remain.
Building our communities
Presents From Partners’ Toy Challenge: The results are in!
The annual drive brings in donations of toys for the children of union members who are out of work or in need.
Union Organizing
At Springfield’s PeaceHealth Sacred Heart hospital, medical techs vote overwhelmingly to unionize
The new 350-member bargaining unit will be part of Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals.
Politics
As Clark County looks at charter change, union members run for ‘freeholder’
Four unionists are among 110 vying for 15 spots as charter “freeholders” in the Nov. 5 election
