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Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals
Union Organizing
Outsourced Providence lab workers unionize
The Catholic health chain outsourced diagnostic lab operations and leased their workplace to a giant for-profit company known as LabCorp.
Union Organizing
300 more PeaceHealth SW workers go union
The unit would include audiologists, pharmacists, counselors, dieticians, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, and others.
Union Organizing
Outsourced lab workers respond by unionizing
More than 400 health care lab workers at Lab Corporation of America in Oregon and Washington will vote this May whether to join the OFNHP.
Collective bargaining
No labor peace at PeaceHealth
Leading up to a strike by SW Washington hospital techs, management offered bonus pay to get workers to scab against their own coworkers.
Jobs
PeaceHealth moves ahead with the closure of Eugene’s only hospital
Over the objection of unions and Governor Kotek, the Vancouver-based hospital chain is closing most units at its Eugene hospital as of Dec. 1
Collective bargaining
Workers set to strike Oct. 23 at PeaceHealth
A strike is likely and will include lab techs, service, and maintenance workers at PeaceHealth hospitals in Vancouver and Longview.
Workers Rights
Work at Kaiser? Better check your paycheck
After more than two years of problems as egregious as a $99,000 overpayment or zeroed out paid leave banks, OFNHP is speaking out.
Collective bargaining
PeaceHealth workers vote to authorize strike
OFNHP and PeaceHealth are far apart on wages for lab techs and maintenance workers at hospitals in Vancouver and Longview.
Jobs
PeaceHealth wants to close the only hospital in Eugene
The Sacred Heart Medical Center University District closure would need the approval of the Oregon Health Authority.
Jobs
OFNHP decries layoffs at PeaceHealth as Vancouver clinic closes
PeaceHealth will lay off nearly 30 union-represented workers this fall when it closes an urgent care clinic in Vancouver.
Collective bargaining
PeaceHealth says it’s done with bargaining at Longview hospital
PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center declared impasse and walked away from contract negotiations with 14 lab professionals on July 31.
Health Care
Breakthrough bill in Oregon Legislature would set safe hospital staffing
Oregon lawmakers have the chance to make historic improvements to healthcare, thanks to the collaboration of labor and hospital management.Â
Collective bargaining
Techs win first contract at hospital in The Dalles
Hospital techs at Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles have ratified their first union contract, almost 18 months after unionizing.
Health Care
AFT launches ‘code red’ campaign to pass hospital staffing ratios
The union will spend half a million dollars on a radio, Pandora, Facebook and Instagram ad buy asking for pressure on policymakers.
Health Care
Nurses are getting vocal
Hospitals don’t seem to be taking aggressive action to address overwork and unsafe staffing levels, which is leading to a vicious cycle of burnout.
Politics
County ballot measure would provide lawyers to tenants facing eviction
Tenants rights advocates are petitioning for a Multnomah County initiative to provide free legal representation for tenants facing eviction.
Collective bargaining
Kaiser Permanente unions ratify new contractÂ
Unions across six states ratified new agreements with Kaiser Permanente after the health care giant backed off demands for a two-tier system.Â
Collective bargaining
Kaiser Permanente strike called off
The massive strike was averted when management dropped its anti-union two tier demand and agreed to raise wages 10% over the next four years.
Collective bargaining
Kaiser unions are set to go on strike Nov. 15
Bargaining has rarely been so contentious at Kaiser, which for decades touted itself as a union partner and model employer.Â
Collective bargaining
Kaiser courting massive strike
Units totaling over 34,000 Kaiser Permanente employees in Oregon and California have signaled they're ready to strike after 10 days notice.
