OHSU doesn’t come to the table with proposals to pay us more money, provide us more robust benefits, help us better care for our families or improve our work-life balance. It’s our union that make these asks in the first place. Ultimately, the nature of bargaining is for Local 328 to move down from our position and for OHSU to move up. You’ve likely noticed that our bargaining team has given on some of our initial asks and may feel as if OHSU isn’t giving on much.
Read MoreThis month is our final push to reach a settlement at the table, and our bargaining team needs your support! Join us for a webinar and a picket at the waterfront in July, followed by a strike vote in August.
Read MoreToday 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreThank 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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