Bargaining Update: Preparations Underway, OHSU Team Named

Editor’s Note: The OHSU Now post in which OHSU officially announced its bargaining team included three additional names — this post has been updated accordingly.

Weekly negotiation sessions for Local 328’s next contract with OHSU begin on Tuesday, March 8, and preparations are well underway.

The members of the Local 328 2022 bargaining team were announced back in September 2021, but we want to share the information again as contract negotiations draw closer. Our team will be instrumental in ensuring that our union’s represented employees have a strong contract to protect us, no matter what may lie ahead. The members of our union’s team are:

  • Michael Stewart (chief spokesperson), Medical Assistant 1, Internal Medicine Clinic

  • Jennifer Barker, Finance and Accounting Analyst 1, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences

  • Kevin Cartwright, Landscape/Grounds Technician, Grounds Maintenance

  • Sarah Curtis, PAS Resource Specialist, Centralized Managed Care and Price Estimates

  • Katy Holmes, Pharmacy Technician 3, CHO Pharmacy

  • Claire Irvan (advisor), Program Technician 1, Centralized Managed Care and Price Estimates

  • Aaron Kawamoto (advisor), END Specialist, Clinical Neurophysiology

  • Roxana Logsdon, PAS Resource Specialist, Pediatric Specialties Administration

  • Jesse Miller, PAS Specialist, Outpatient Physical and Occupational Therapy

  • Jennie Olson, Grants and Contracts Administrator, Office of Proposal and Award Management

  • Casey Parr, Respiratory Care Practitioner 2, Respiratory Therapy

  • Lia Sebring, Program Technician 2, Family Medicine at Richmond

  • Karyn Trivette, Physical Therapist, Rehabilitation Services

  • Haley Wolford Davis, Veterinary Research/Health Technician 3, West Campus

  • Kasey Zimmer-Stucky, Ultrasound Technologist, Ultrasound Service

  • Kate Baker (staff representative), Oregon AFSCME Council 75

  • Sima Anekonda (staff representative), Oregon AFSCME Council 75

Earlier this week we learned who will serve on OHSU’s 2022 bargaining team: 

  • Elizabeth Aldridge, Division Manager, Plastic Surgery

  • Abby Clifton, Benefits/Services Center Director, Human Resources Administration

  • Bridget Clough, Labor Relations Specialist, Human Resources Administration

  • Michelle Diorio, HR Business Partner, Human Resources Administration

  • Melonie Good, HR Business Partner, Human Resources Administration

  • Sarah Howell, CFS Budget and Finance Director, Office of VP Finance and Treasurer

  • Ellen Huntington, Radiation Therapy Manager, KPV Radiation Oncology

  • Regina Lagging, Labor Relations Director, Human Resources Administration

  • Amanda Macy, EVS Director, Environmental Services

  • Yen Pham, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Pharmacy Administration

  • Wes Phillips, Sr. Labor Relations Specialist, Human Resources CRO and Education

  • Michael Rennick, Rehab Services Director, Rehabilitation Services

  • David Silva, Nurse Manager, CHH Surgery Center

  • Rachel White, Nurse Manager, Angiography Service

  • Mike Brunet (outside counsel)

Our bargaining team held our first meeting back on Oct. 8, 2021, five months before the start of our weekly bargaining sessions. Since then, we’ve held five full-day trainings, including a virtual session on Tuesday, Jan. 11.

In our most recent training, we conducted a simulation to practice bargaining in a virtual space rather than in person, and we’ve been discussing the unique challenges that negotiating and running a contract campaign during a pandemic will present. We’ve reviewed OHSU’s latest financial reports, have categorized our list of bargaining topics and signed up for topics to work on, and have already begun writing draft proposals and discussing ideas for bargaining communications to our members.

In the coming weeks, the Local 328 bargaining team will participate in at least one group work day and two additional full-day training sessions, as well as continue to work on draft proposals and our communications campaign. Members of our bargaining leadership team will also meet with OHSU next month to exchange proposals to address non-controversial “housekeeping” changes needed in the contract.

Once negotiations start, we’ll email a weekly update to our members and post news and updates to Facebook and here on the blog. In the meantime, please feel free to ask bargaining-related questions in the comments below.

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