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Oregon Health and Science University
Collective bargaining
OHSU researchers voting on first-ever union deal
Bargaining expectations were tempered because OHSU research has been hit by Trump administration cuts to the National Institutes of Health.
Collective bargaining
OHSU’s largest unit ratifies contract
Roughly 8,000 workers represented by AFSCME Local 328 have a new contract, approved by 84% of those voting.
Collective bargaining
OHSU researchers authorize strike
Contract bargaining between Oregon AFSCME and OHSU has stalled over wages and cashing out unused paid time off.
Collective bargaining
OHSU reaches tentative deal with AFSCME
If approved, the contract would raise wages 10% for 8,000 workers.
Collective bargaining
8,000 OHSU workers poised to strike
While ONA clinicians secured a tentative deal with big pay boosts, 8,000 AFSCME workers at OHSU prepare for a possible December strike.
Union Organizing
Fallout from Legacy-OHSU merger sparks union wave
The merger of two of the region's largest health care providers is off, but 3,000 more workers are unionized since its announcement.
Union Organizing
Legacy nurses to vote on union
Nurses cite safety concerns, poor work environments, and uncompetitive wages in historic union drive with ONA.
Collective bargaining
Hours before researcher strike, OHSU agrees to give raises
OHSU had said it would pay workers only the minimum salary set by the National Institutes of Health. When a strike neared, they reconsidered.
Collective bargaining
OHSU’s postdoc researchers reach impasse
The two sides have been negotiating since September 2023, and OHSU has refused to offer raises of any amount.
Jobs
OHSU unions slam layoffs
Publicly owned OHSU is laying off 400 workers even as it plans a $1 billion acquisition of Legacy and pours cash into executive compensation.
Union Organizing
Over 2,000 OHSU research workers join AFSCME
The unit will include workers who conduct lab experiments, order equipment, file paperwork, and care for animals used in studies.
Collective bargaining
Oregon Health and Science University’s wage offer: 0%
Bargaining with about 250 postdoctoral researchers, OHSU's wage offer is remarkable: a three-year contract with raises of 0% each year.
Union Organizing
Another 600 employees unionize at OHSU
Over 600 nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, and physician associates are joining Oregon Nurses Association.
Union Organizing
OHSU lab workers launch union drive
If at least half sign cards within six months, state law requires OHSU to recognize a union for about 2,000 workers in its laboratories.
Collective bargaining
Strike vote at OHSU
If they authorize a strike, almost 3,200 nurses represented by the Oregon Nurses Association could walk out as soon as Sept. 28.
Jobs
OHSU is slow with raises. But can afford to buy Legacy.
If the public teaching hospital buys the private health system, it would eclipse Intel as the largest metro-area employer.
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.
Union Organizing
OHSU postdocs want to join Oregon AFSCME
On April 7, a majority of about 240 eligible “postdoc” research staff signed union authorization cards and asked for a union election.
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.
