Members of the Association of University Registered Nurses rallied on Portland's South Waterfront Sept. 18, 2023, announcing they had approved a strike as negotiations with Oregon Health & Science University remain at a stalemate.
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No strike is imminent, but the vote increases pressure on hospital management as contract bargaining drags on
Sep 18, 2023
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SEIU Local 49 President Meg Niemi speaks during an event Thursday Sept. 14, 2023 in Southeast Portland with over 100 union members and supporters.
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The strike authorization vote is intended to increase pressure on the health care consortium as workers seek better pay and staffing
Sep 14, 2023
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During a rally at PeaceHealth's University District hospital in Eugene on Sept. 11, 2023, Oregon Nurses Association executive director Anne Tan Piazza addresses the crowd.
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Despite outcry from community leaders and workers, the health system shows no sign of changing course, and officials may have scant authority to prevent closure
Sep 12, 2023
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Oregon Health & Science University Center for Health and Healing Building 2 in the South Waterfront neighborhood, July 2020.
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The new directive, following the recent fatal shooting of a security guard, sparked outrage among staff who say it will endanger them
Aug 17, 2023
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Nurses and other health care workers along with their supporters took to the picket lines outside Providence Portland Medical Center on Monday as the state’s largest nurses union called a five-day strike.
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A notice from the Oregon Nurses Association to members before any official announcement called the tentative contracts 'historic,' but talks continue for home health care nurses
Dentists at the county's safety-net dental clinics use lighter schedules one day a week to catch up on paperwork and tackle tougher cases; now they say the county wants to end that practice.
Aug 10, 2023
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Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland.
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The union vote comes amid a wave of organizing by health care workers. Doctors are less likely to unionize, but that could be changing.
Aug 2, 2023
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A pile of flowers and a note eulogizing Bobby Smallwood, a security officer for Legacy Health, sit outside the Good Samaritan Medical Center, where he was killed during a confrontation on July 30, 2023.
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The health system promises better security, but nurses want 24-7 coverage and additional protections after an uptick in local attacks on health workers
After a hospital security guard was killed over the weekend in Portland, the union urges more patient and visitor screening as well as staff training and support