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Oregon Health and Science University
Worker safety
Health care workers on the front lines
As hospitals prepare for an expected surge in serious respiratory illnesses from the coronavirus, medical staff are sounding the alarm.
Collective bargaining
OHSU grad workers win first contract
The unanimously ratified contract includes an immediate $80-a-month increase, three annual raises of 3%, dependent health coverage, and caps hours of work.
Workers Rights
OHSU admits to trolling AFSCME, agrees to full investigation
An outside attorney will interview dozens of OHSU employees to determine if other members of the management bargaining team took part in deceptive trolling.
Comment
Graduate employees are workers too
Oregon university officials are pulling out all the stops to devalue and disrespect graduate student workers.
Union Organizing
Physicians-in-training unionize at OHSU
About 830 doctors are about to become members of Oregon AFSCME.
Collective bargaining
Workers at OHSU ratify new deal after managers outed for trolling
Over 6,000 workers will get $1,000 bonuses and raises totaling 9.5% in new three-year deal.
Collective bargaining
Troll on the Hill
At OHSU, a union volunteer uncovered management bargaining team members engaging in obscene social media trolling, leading to the resignation of OHSU's director of human resources.
Collective bargaining
AFSCME Local 328 declares impasse at OHSU
A strike authorization vote will be held Aug. 19-29 if a settlement hasn’t been reached.
Collective bargaining
Union to OHSU: Health workers need sick days
As an early signal that they’re unwilling to make concessions in their next union contract, over 1,000 AFSCME Local 328 supporters rallied June 13 at OHSU.
Union Organizing
Reversing course, OHSU agrees to recognize grad student union
The two sides have agreed to begin bargaining by March 15.
Union Organizing
OHSU fights effort by grad student researchers to unionize
They work over 50 hours a week doing lab research, but OHSU says they're students, not workers.
Union Organizing
OHSU grad students unionize with AFSCME
Union authorization cards signed by a majority of the 250 students were submitted Aug. 29.
People
Construction trades unions say goodbye to retiring OHSU president Joe Robertson
Robertson was lauded as a ‘Building Trades champion’ for transforming the South Waterfront and Marquam Hill with union labor.
Collective bargaining
New three-year nurse contract at OHSU
If ratified as expected members of Oregon Nurses Association would see wages rise more than 9 percent.
Building our communities
‘Unite for the Knight’ helps raise $508 million
Labor and management coalition part of OHSU effort to raise $1 billion for cancer research
Building our communities
Firefighters pitch in for Knight fight against cancer
Members from 18 IAFF locals contributed $21,000 toward the Knight Cancer Challenge.
Building our communities
Labor joins with business to raise funds to knock out cancer
Phil Knight’s $500 million pledge spurs labor to join business for OHSU cancer research
Worker safety
OR-FACE Program tracks and investigates work-related deaths
Logging was Oregon's most fatal industry in 2011
Union democracy
Oregon Nurses Association joins American Federation of Teachers
ONA says the move will enhance nurses' voice in an era of hospital consolidation and cost-cutting
Oregon
Governor nominates Oregon unionists to key posts
Ken Allen, Michael Rose, Felisa Hagins and Ben Stange go before Senate for approval.
