SEIU Local 49 Archives - nwLaborPress

A group of 115 workers at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital in Lincoln City have a new three-year contract.

A group of 118 technical employees at Providence medical facilities in southern Oregon is petitioning to join SEIU Local 49.

The deal means over 22% raises over three years on average for roughly 300 support workers at one of only two for-profit hospitals in Oregon.

Over 300 workers held a 5-day strike at McKenzie-Willamette Hospital to protest outsourcing of laundry, food service and housekeeping.

Four unions at the Portland truck plant ratified new five-year agreements that raise wages $4, and hold the line on health insurance costs.

Members of Service Employees Local 49 are fighting for wage increases, improved job safety, and to stop the hospital from outsourcing jobs.

About 1,800 janitors will see wages rise $2.25 an hour over the next three years, reaching $18 an hour in year three.

1,100 hospital workers at Legacy Emanuel and Good Samaritan were set to walk out July 15; instead they ratified a five-year contract.

Providence Health System fought against the union of housekeepers and CNAs at every stage in their three-year campaign to win improvements.

Will Layng is leaving as executive director to return to SEIU, where he formerly worked as organizing director at Local 49.