SOJWJ is looking for a food truck. For years, the SOJWJ has been serving the peace meals, using Ashland’s Pioneer Hall and other locations in Lithia Park — they want to keep doing so but also recognize there are some limitations. Using a food truck is the best option. A food truck helps solve several […]
SOJWJ 2022 Report
We are grateful for another year and the opportunity to say thank you for taking action and demanding more for working families and other marginalized communities in southern Oregon. As we closed out 2022, we reflected on what this work means and what keeps Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice growing and focused on building power […]
Oregon hospital nurses avert strike with ‘historic wage increases’
BEND — Members of the Oregon Nurses Association have called off their planned strike after reaching a tentative agreement with St. Charles Bend. The union represents about 1,000 nurses at the hospital, according to a news release from the ONA. St. Charles Bend is part of St. Charles Health System, a four-hospital organization with more […]
PNS Daily Newscast – Oregonians Rally to Back Bill Providing Food Aid for All
Oregonians gathered in Salem to show their support for a bill that provides food assistance to people currently excluded because of their immigration status. The bill would help about 62,000 people get access to aid. A rally was held in Salem on Thursday to urge the passage of a bill that would provide food assistance […]
OPB: Providence nurses and clinicians in Portland and Seaside are latest to move toward strikeOPB:
Nurses and clinicians who work for Providence Health in Portland and Seaside authorized plans over the weekend to move forward with a strike. Around 1,800 healthcare workers completed voting for three separate strikes on Sunday. In a statement, the healthcare workers’ union said the votes for all three strikes were “near unanimous,” though the organization […]
We the People: A Homeless Family Tells their story
On We the People for June 7, 2023, Jason Houk talks with the McCoy family about their experiences living on the streets of Ashland Oregon. https://archive.org/details/we-the-people-7-7-23
St. Charles nurses in Bend begin countdown on strike
Nurses say working conditions have grown unsafe for staff and patients Nurses at St. Charles Health System Bend — the largest health provider and employer in Central Oregon — announced on Friday they intend to strike, having submitted a legally required 10-day notice to the hospital. The announcement is the culmination of simmering tensions between […]
We the People: Houseless Issues
On We the People for May 31, Jason Houk and Brad Smith talk with houseless activist Joseph about the Ashland Oregon camping ban and protest. We also discuss autonomous housing models. https://archive.org/details/we-the-people-202305310900
A certified nursing assistant at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center explains why more than one thousand frontline healthcare workers are forming a new union there.
I’m one of the people who care for you or your family member when the worst happens: a difficult cancer diagnosis finds you in the Oncology Department at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. For nearly two decades, I’ve been proud to stand by Medford families in these dark moments and do everything in my power […]
1,400 Frontline Nurses to Vote to Authorize Strikes at Providence Portland, Seaside
1,400 Frontline Nurses to Vote to Authorize Strikes at Providence Portland, Seaside (Photo) – 05/23/23 (Portland, OR) – After eight months of contentious negotiations and limited response from Providence management, frontline nurses at Providence Portland and Providence Seaside are launching strike authorization votes. Providence Portland’s vote will open at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, May 24 and Providence […]