Pushing Back Against Harassment and Discrimination

Last month, the Lund Report published an article on the results of OHSU's climate survey, which indicated that OHSU has a problem with harassment and discrimination, as do many other health-care organizations. Local 328 is developing a training program for our stewards to enable them to handle sensitive cases for members dealing with abuse, discrimination and harassment.

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Your Rights When Questioned by OHSU Police

There have been two recent cases at OHSU that have raised concerns about how OHSU is interpreting our members’ right to representation when they are questioned by police, including OHSU’s own campus police. In these recent cases, OHSU Police approached members on the job, escorted them off their work units to another location and proceeded to question the members about on-the-job conduct. In neither case was the member given the contractually required 36-hour notice of an investigative meeting nor advised of their “Garrity Rights.”

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