Oregon has expanded free health insurance that mirrors Medicaid to all residents who qualify, regardless of their immigration status. The move took effect July 1. It marks an expansion of
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AXIOS: Summer of strikes heats up
It’s shaping up to be a summer of strikes: Workers are walking off the job across a remarkable range of industries from Starbucks baristas to factory workers making parts for
We the People: Health Care for All Oregon
On We the People for July 5, Jason Houk talks with Wes Brain about latest efforts to ensure health care for all Oregonians. We also discuss Starbucks union efforts. https://archive.org/details/we-the-people-202307050900
REUTERS: Los Angeles-area hotel workers strike over wages, housing
LOS ANGELES, July 2 (Reuters) – Thousands of Los Angeles-area hotel workers went on strike on Sunday demanding pay hikes and improved benefits in a region where high housing costs
KPTV: Portland-area unionized Starbucks workers on strike Friday
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Unionized Starbucks partners in Oregon and Washington will strike on Friday in protest of the company’s actions during Pride Month. In a statement from Starbucks Workers
Providence to Oregon AG: Deny nurses’ request to investigate
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Days after the Oregon Nurses Association wrote a letter to Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum asking her to investigate Providence, the hospital responded with a letter
OHSU nurses picket for better hospital conditions as contract is set to expire
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Just days after nurses at three Providence facilities ended a strike against the hospital system, healthcare workers at Oregon Health and Science University have launched a
The Providence nurse strike has ended, but the fight over health care working conditions roars on
More than 1,800 Providence health system nurses and home health workers ended their weeklong strike at 5 p.m. Friday. It was the first major health care worker work stoppage in
KGW: Providence violated Oregon law by bringing in ‘professional strikebreakers,’ union says
PORTLAND, Ore. — As a five-day healthcare worker strike at three Providence Health facilities in Oregon came to a close on Friday, the nurses union and hospital administrators traded barbs
We the People: Nurses’ Strike
On We the People for June 21, Jason Houk talks with Gabriel Erbs, labor organizer with Oregon Nurses Association. about Providence Nurses Strike. https://archive.org/details/we-the-people-202306210900