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Counselors, case managers and others at one of Oregon’s largest non-profit mental health providers are the latest in the sector to vote to join a union.
Oct 17, 2018
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An AFSCME protest at Volunteers of America led to 10 arrests. But mental health workers did end up unionizing./Courtesy of AFSCME
The latest campaign appears to be at Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, one of the largest providers of mental health services to Medicaid clients in Oregon.