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Oregon Nurses Association

In Memoriam

Burton David White, 1930-2021

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

Labor confronts police brutality

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

New hands at helm of nurses union

Sarah Laslett joins ONA after 17 years as a labor educator. Her priorities will be organizing, empowering stewards, and bargaining for the common good.
Worker safety

The coronavirus pandemic is turning life upside down for working people 

From worried nurses to overwhelmed grocery workers, from layoffs to the stock collapse’s impact on pensions, a look at the epidemic’s impacts on working people and union members.
Collective bargaining

Corvallis nurses reject contract offer

Over 500 nurses have been working at Good Samaritan without a contract since June 30.
Union Organizing

Alarmed about safety decline, nurses at McMinnville hospital file for a union

Safety has dropped dramatically since for-profit Willamette Valley Medical was acquired by Tennessee-based LifePoint Health last year.
Union Organizing

Medical techs unionize at St. Charles Hospital in Bend

Despite an anti-union campaign by management, the group of 163 workers voted by a 3-to-1 margin to join OFNHP.
Collective bargaining

Nurses picket Astoria hospital

Nurses say understaffing is a serious problem at Columbia Memorial Hospital.
Oregon

Public employees file lawsuit to protect PERS retirement benefits

Plaintiffs say SB 1049 is a breach of contract, an illegal taking, and violates the Constitution.
Union Organizing

Legacy appeals nurses’ union victory at Unity Center for Behavioral Health

The non-profit hospital chain is rolling the dice hoping the Trump labor board will strike down a union win.
Union Organizing

Psychiatric nurses at Legacy’s Unity Center vote overwhelmingly to unionize

Supporters say they want a union in part to create a safer environment for patients and staff.
Union Organizing

Nurses at Portland’s only psychiatric emergency facility say they want a union

Since it opened in 2017, Unity Center has faced multiple investigations over violations of safety rules.
Collective bargaining

Nurses ratify contract at St. Charles in Bend

Nine hundred nurses at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend have a new contract that will raise wages 11.5 percent over the next four-and-a-half years.
Oregon

Oregon union members are stepping up to run for office

Rachel Prusak, Mike Ellison, and Christy Inskip are just three of the Oregon union members who are making first-time runs for office this year.
Collective bargaining

No more ‘buddies’: Nurses hail new Tuality contract

Nurses will get breaks without leaving patients unattended.
Collective bargaining

After nine months, nurses in Florence get new union contract

Nurses at PeaceHealth Peace Harbor hospital approved a new three-year union contract Aug. 3.
Health Care

Kaiser nurses issue warning: Short staffing could diminish patient care

Nurse union members, frustrated with slow progress on staffing committees, rally outside Kaiser's Northwest headquarters.
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.
People

PERSONNEL

Oregon Working Families Party state director Karly Edwards is leaving to work for the Oregon Nurses Association.
Collective bargaining

Nurses picket PeaceHealth hospital in Florence over excessive on-call

Bargaining has been under way since November.
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