SEIU Local 49 Archives - Page 4 of 8

New System laundry strike ends after two days

Dec 12, 2017

Strikers got symbolic support from the laundry’s customers and from Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek.

Union-made gift ideas

Nov 29, 2017

Buying any gifts this holiday season? If you buy union, you help keep good jobs in the community, and vote with your dollars for enterprises that pay your fellow workers a living wage with benefits.

Pushed to the limit, laundry workers strike

Nov 28, 2017

New System Laundry wants to pay minimum wage, and double the amount workers contribute to health insurance.

Legacy Emanuel settles with SEIU

Nov 14, 2017

Strike averted, hospital support workers ratify a new contract.

Strike date set at Legacy Emanuel hospital

Oct 31, 2017

Over 750 support workers could walk out as soon as Nov. 8.

Eugene Urgent Care clinic network fights union campaign by SEIU Local 49

Sep 13, 2017

The results of an Aug. 17 unionization election are up in the air.

Kaiser nurses issue warning: Short staffing could diminish patient care

Jun 22, 2017

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

At the Oregon Legislature: Labor’s agenda inches forward

May 3, 2017

Will the Oregon Legislature ban anti-union ‘right-to-work’ ordinances?

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center workers vote to join AFT

Dec 19, 2016

The vote is 319 for AFT, 110 for SEIU.

At PeaceHealth Southwest, 900 workers will choose between AFT and SEIU

Dec 9, 2016

The Dec. 14-15 vote is a runoff after no choice got a majority in a Nov. 22 election among service and maintenance workers.