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Oregon Nurses Association
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.
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.
Collective bargaining
Providence settles with nurses
Two of the three bargaining units that held a five-day strike in June now have significant pay raises, more time off, and safer staffing.
Collective bargaining
Striking Providence nurses back to bargaining
Joint mediation with Providence Portland, Providence Seaside, and Providence Home Health and Hospice is scheduled for Aug. 9.
Collective bargaining
Still no deal after five-day nurse strike at Providence
Oregon’s first nurse strike in decades built solidarity and prompted legal questions about the use of strikebreakers. But no contract, yet.
Workers Rights
Nurses pursue class action after payroll foulup at Eastern Oregon hospitals
Try to claw back money from paychecks without our permission? We’ll see you in court, say members of Oregon Nurses Association.
People
WHY SHE LEFT
Nurses are burned out and quitting the profession like never before. One psychiatric nurse shares why she quit her job at Unity.
Collective bargaining
Three units of Providence nurses set to strike
Nearly 1,800 nurses and clinicians may strike June 19 at Providence Portland, Providence Seaside, and Providence Home Health and Hospice.
Collective bargaining
St. Charles nurses avert strike with new contract
If approved, the agreement with Oregon Nurses Association will boost base pay between 33% and 48%, depending on experience.
Collective bargaining
Nurses could strike in Bend
In total, 962 nurses represented by the Oregon Nurses Association were eligible to vote, and nearly every one did. It was near unanimous.
Union Organizing
Hospital techs organize at hospital in Medford
Oregon Nurses Association has asked the NLRB to hold a union election among 250 health techs at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.
Union Organizing
Union win at Providence Home Health
About 165 workers at Providence Home Health and Hospice have joined the Oregon Nurses Association after a 123-31 vote April 14.
Oregon
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
Union Organizing
Three more Providence units move to unionize
At Providence women’s clinics, Providence Home Health and Hospice, and Providence Medford Medical Center, workers will vote on 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.
Collective bargaining
Multnomah County: You’ll get your pay … later
The county says workers won’t get retroactive raises—ratified in November with back pay stretching back to July—until February.
Union Organizing
More nurses go union at Bend hospital
The St. Charles Health System nurses provide home health and hospice care for patients in Bend, Madras, Prineville and Redmond.
Multnomah County
Nurse union asks district attorney to prosecute Providence for wage theft
Multnomah County DA Mike Schmidt says he’s ready to prosecute employers who commit wage theft. Oregon Nurses Association has one in mind.
Collective bargaining
Nurses at Providence Hood River hospital approve deal
Ratified in late October, it’s the fourth Providence contract to be approved this year, and three more are still being negotiated.
