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PeaceHealth wants to close the only hospital in Eugene

WEBPeaceHealth announced on Aug. 22 its plans to close Sacred Heart Medical Center University District, a 117-bed hospital that provides general medical care, …

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PeaceHealth moves ahead with the closure of Eugene’s …

WEBOver the objection of unions and Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, the Vancouver-headquartered PeaceHealth hospital chain is moving ahead with plans to …

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PeaceHealth deploys home health nurse strikebreakers in …

WEBRegistered nurses who provide home care service for PeaceHealth Sacred Heart started a two-week strike Feb. 10. The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) …

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State task force lays out plan for universal health care in …

WEBA state task force has published a proposal for how single-payer universal health coverage could be rolled out in Oregon. Oregon lawmakers in 2019 passed …

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Eugene-area hospice and home care nurses set to strike …

WEBEugene-area hospice and home care nurses set to strike Feb. 10. More than 90 registered nurses at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Home Care Service near Eugene …

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PeaceHealth workers vote to authorize strike

WEBOct 10, 2023. By MALLORY GRUBEN. More than 1,000 health care workers at two PeaceHealth hospitals in Southwest Washington voted by 95% to authorize a strike in …

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Still no deal after five-day nurse strike at Providence

WEBAlmost 1,800 nurses and clinicians from Providence Portland, Providence Seaside, and Providence Home Health and Hospice walked out June 19 on a five-day …

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Workers set to strike Oct. 23 at PeaceHealth

WEBWorkers set to strike Oct. 23 at PeaceHealth. More than 1,300 health care workers at two PeaceHealth hospitals in Southwest Washington will walk off their jobs Oct. 23 if they …

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Apprenticeship training model expands to mental health …

WEBApprenticeship training model expands to mental health workers. Oct 19, 2022. By Colin Staub. Apprenticeship isn’t just for manual trades in construction and …

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Under new union contract, Avamere nursing homes will pay

WEBBy Don McIntosh. A new collective bargaining agreement between SEIU Local 503 and Avamere raises workers’ wages by up to $4 an hour, and sets the highest standard for wages and staffing levels of any nursing homes in Oregon.

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Breakthrough bill in Oregon Legislature would set safe …

WEBBreakthrough bill in Oregon Legislature would set safe hospital staffing. Apr 6, 2023. By Mallory Gruben. Oregon lawmakers have the chance to make historic …

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Nurses say strike could be coming at Providence

WEBOne year into the pandemic, Providence management increased the workload on all home health nurses by at least 15% and, for many, by 80%. Miers said it felt like …

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How PPACA impacts union health benefits

WEBIf unions negotiate a subsidy that the employer pays to a Taft-Hartley plan, would that employer be subject to the $2,000/ee penalty since they are not providing …

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Streak of union wins at Legacy

WEBAn extraordinary wave of union organizing in the Legacy Health system continued in recent weeks, with three more units voting to unionize. A unit of 50 nurse practitioners and physician assistants at two Legacy Health hospitals voted 40-0 to join the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA), in mail ballots tallied Jan. 24.

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Unions back recall of Coos Bay hospital board

WEBOct 7, 2022. By Colin Staub. All six members of the Bay Area Health District board of directors in Coos County are facing a recall effort supported by United Food & …

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Pay rises $2 an hour in new contract for home care workers

WEBAbout 30,000 Oregon home care workers have ratified a new two-year union contract negotiated by SEIU Local 503. The contract raises pay by $0.90 an hour (5.7%) …

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Outsourced lab workers respond by unionizing

WEBOutsourced lab workers respond by unionizing. More than 400 health care lab professionals who work for Lab Corporation of America (Labcorp) in Oregon and …

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Physicians-in-training unionize at OHSU

WEBAbout 830 doctors are about to unionize at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). On Oct. 15, Oregon AFSCME turned in union authorization cards signed by a majority of the group. The union will become official after the Oregon Employment Relations Board checks the cards against a list provided by the university.

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Providence settles with nurses

WEBNorthwest Labor Press is an independent union-supported newspaper founded in 1900. Our print version is mailed twice a month to about 45,000 members of …

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Building Trades offers national medical screening program for …

WEBUnion construction workers who spent any time at all working at Hanford Reservation in Washington, the Albany Research Center in Oregon, or at any of the …

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