Nearly 1,800 Providence nurses and clinicians are on strike amid ongoing negotiations with the hospital system over a new contract, the union representing the hospital workers said Sunday night. The Oregon Nurses Association said that after a week of “unwillingness from Providence to return to the bargaining table,” the nursing staff at Providence Portland, Providence […]
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KOIN News 6: Strike! 1800 nurses walk out at Providence hospitals
Strike by 1800 nurses expected to last 5 days PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — About 1800 Oregon nurses went on strike at Providence Portland Medical Center, Providence Seaside Hospital and Providence Home Health and Hospice at 5:30 a.m. Monday. Providence officials prepared for the planned 5-day strike by nurses by securing a “replacement workforce” to take […]
OPB: Providence nurses strike expected to begin Monday
About 1,800 Providence nurses in Portland and Seaside plan to strike next week. Nurses say they need better pay, more paid time off and improved working conditions. If the strike happens as both sides are expecting, it will last five days and will impact the operations of two hospitals and Providence’s home health and hospice […]
RV Times: Asante technical workers vote to unionize while ancillary workers caught in limbo
MEDFORD, Ore. – A vote to unionize over a thousand Asante Rogue Regional employees wrapped up Friday night. The two organizations looking to unionize workers are SEIU Local 49, representing over 1,100 front-line employees. They work in departments like intensive care and medical oncology and say they are asking for better working conditions and wages. […]
Here’s How You Can Support the Strike at Providence
From the Oregon AFL-CIO: The Oregon Nurses Association and Providence facilities (ProvidencePortland Medical Center, Providence Seaside Hospital and Providence HomeHealth and Hospice) are in intense negotiations which may result in astrike starting Monday, June 19. The potential strike actions are beingundertaken in all seriousness by nurses and clinicians. The OregonNurses Association’s members are working together […]
The Peace Meals
The Peace Meals are continuing every Thursday and Friday afternoon at Ashland’s Lithia Park. For more information on how to donate food or money–or help purchase a food truck–call Jason at 541-841-8341 or email at jason@sojwj.org.
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 […]
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 […]
ONA NURSES AT PROV. MILWAUKIE AND PROV. WILLAMETTE FALLS VOTE TO STRIKE
(Portland, OR) – In two historic elections to protect patient safety, frontline nurses at Providence Milwaukie Hospital in Milwaukie and Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center in Oregon City voted nearly unanimously to authorize strikes against Providence–one of Oregon’s largest and most profitable health systems. They join nurses at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland […]
OPB: Nurses at St. Charles Hospital in Bend vote to authorize strike
The union representing nurses at St. Charles Health System in Bend announced on Monday that they have authorized a strike, possibly setting up the hospital’s first nurses’ strike in more than 40 years. Nurses at the hospital — the largest employer in Central Oregon — are preparing for a strike due to what they say […]