Oregon Nurses Association Archives

After more than six months of unsuccessful bargaining, about 1,600 ONA-represented nurses could walk off the job with 10 days notice.

A unit of 1,600 nurses at Providence St. Vincent hospital in Southwest Portland will vote April 19 to May 3 on whether to authorize a strike.

Providence nurses want staffing ratios, adequate breaks, affordable health insurance, and adequate pay increases.

Two years into the pandemic, nurses at Providence health facilities statewide are at a breaking point. Will Providence listen?

Travis Nelson, Oregon Nurses Association vice president, is Oregon’s newest lawmaker, filling Tina Kotek’s House District 44.

The Oregon Legislature’s “short session” begins Feb. 1 and ends by March 10. As ever, Oregon labor will promote a set of pro-worker bills.

In one survey by Oregon Nurses Association, 60% of nurses said they’re considering leaving the profession.

Sherman Henry and Lina Stepick leave LERC, ONA’s director departs, and Mayor Wheeler reappoints Willy Myers to Prosper Portland.

After a decade and a half at Oregon and California nurses unions, he spent most of his career mediating and arbitrating labor disagreements.

Union members are taking part in protests, joining morning-after cleanup parties, and even walking off the job in support of Black Lives Matter.