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PeaceHealth deploys home health nurse …

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

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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 close most …

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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, emergency …

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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 expect to begin a …

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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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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 Senate Bill 770, setting …

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OFNHP reaches agreements with PeaceHealth

WebOregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP) is formalizing tentative agreements for new four-year contracts with PeaceHealth hospitals in Vancouver and …

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The biggest health care strike in U.S. history

WebBy MALLORY GRUBEN. A coalition of unions representing workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities in eight states reached a tentative agreement with Kaiser executives Oct. 13, …

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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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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 Washington will vote …

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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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Breakthrough bill in Oregon Legislature would set safe hospital

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

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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 hundreds of nuclear …

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OHSU is slow with raises. But can afford to buy Legacy.

WebBy MALLORY GRUBEN. One week after union nurses reached an impasse in negotiations with Oregon Health and Sciences University, the hospital announced a $1 billion merger …

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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 over three dozen local …

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Apprenticeship training model expands to mental health workers

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

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Let Me Say This About That

WebJanuary 4, 2002. NOEL E. JOHNSON, 67, a retired executive secretary-treasurer of Portland-based Bakers Local 114, has been ushered into Labor's Hall of Fame by the …

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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 workers were …

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UFCW Local 555 ends strike at Kaiser

WebClose to 900 Kaiser Permanente pharmacy and imaging department workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington ended their strike Nov. 18 and returned to work without new …

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OHSU averts nurse strike with $20.67/hour raise

WebThe agreement came just a week after nurses voted to authorize a strike with 95% support. The three-year agreement increases the average base wage for an OHSU nurse by …

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