Our bargaining team spent today as a work day, strategizing about next steps as the expiration of our current contract draws near, writing language for outstanding counterproposals and planning events for the coming months. We want to take this opportunity to let you know what’s been agreed to so far and what’s still in play.
Read MoreIn February 2021, Oregon parents of disabled children were granted a temporary allowance to serve as the paid caregivers for their own children. When some special-needs parents were allowed to bill Medicaid as caregivers, the effect on the lives of the parents in this community was transformative. This caregiving allowance for parents is currently set to expire when the federal public-health emergency ends on July 15, and hundreds of families will fall off a fiscal cliff. We need your help to prevent this.
Read MoreToday was our first day with the state mediator. While OHSU didn’t make any counterproposals today, our team had a busy day.
Read MoreLocal 328’s mid-bargaining survey launched this morning! Please take the survey as soon as you can — member feedback at this stage of bargaining is vital to the decisions our union’s bargaining team will be making over the coming weeks.
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