December 26, 2024

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 […]

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 […]

Ashland Starbucks workers announce the chain’s first union organizing drive in Southern Oregon

By Roman Battaglia (Jefferson Public Radio) March 7, 2023 6 a.m. Workers at the Starbucks coffee shop in Ashland have announced their intent to unionize. They’re the first store in Southern Oregon to do so.Workers at Starbucks’ Ashland store are looking to join the Starbucks Workers United union to advocate for more staffing and better pay. Organizers […]