Bargaining Update: July 5

Today was a busy day. Our union’s team presented counterproposals re: remote work and economic language, as well as package proposals re: holidays and employee well-being. OHSU’s team presented counterproposals on matters such as attendance recognition, community-service leave and VAC/HOL requests, as well as packages re: discipline and assigning additional work and overtime.

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Surgical Techs Get Some Much-Needed Relief

In early June, a bargaining-team member reached out to AFSCME staff representatives to share some of the concerns he had heard from surgical techs over the previous couple of weeks. One of the major concerns is that they’ve had incredibly high turnover in their department. Turnover rate is a key indicator that the market pay is not enough to retain employees.

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Thanks for a Great Rally!

Thank you for a great rally on Thursday! Based on the numbers from our sign-in sheets, we estimate that about 650 people came out to stand with Local 328 in our fight for a good contract. Members showed up in force, and we appreciate it!

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Strike FAQ

Many of our members have been asking strike-related questions in recent weeks. We’ve prepared a comprehensive strike-related FAQ that we hope is helpful to our members.

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