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PAGE 2 | May 19, 2017 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS (International Standard Serial Number 0894-444X) Established in 1900 in Portland, Oregon as a voice of the la- bor movement. Published on a semi-monthly basis on the first and third Fridays of each month by the Oregon Labor Press Publishing Co. Inc., a non-profit mutual benefit corpo- ration owned by 20 unions and councils including the Ore- gon AFL-CIO. Serving more than 120 union organizations in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Office location: 4275 NE Halsey St., Portland, Oregon Mailing address: P.O. Box 13150, Portland, OR 97213 Phone: (503) 288-3311 Web address: http://nwlaborpress.org Editor: Michael Gutwig Associate editor: Don McIntosh Office manager: Cheri Rice Printed on recycled paper, using soy-based inks, by members of Teamsters Local 747-M. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Individual subscriptions are $13.75 per year for union members, $20 a year for all others. Send a check for that amount, indicating mailing address and union affilia- tion, to P.O. Box 13150, Portland, OR 97213. For 25 or more subscriptions, group rates of $9.60 a year per person are available to trade union organizations. Call 503-288-3311 for details. CORRECTIONS: See an error? Please let us know at editor@nwlaborpress.org or by phone at 503-288-3311. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT PORTLAND, OREGON. CHANGE OF ADDRESS NOTICE: Three weeks are required for a change of address. When or- dering a change, please give your old and new addresses and the name and number of your local union. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS P.O. BOX 13150 PORTLAND, OR 97213-0150 Low Prices! Mon-Fri 9-6, Sat 9:30-5:30, Sun 12-6 140 PLEASE SHOW OUR ADVERTISERS YOU APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS LABOR MOVEMENT NEWSPAPER! Overworked, underpaid nurses conduct May Day picket outside PeaceHealth Peace Harbor hospital in Florence PeaceHealth made movement toward an agreement with Ore- gon Nurses Association (ONA) May 8 — a week after more than 100 nurses and supporters picketed the health network’s hospital in Florence, Oregon. ONA represents 75 nurses at PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center, a 21-bed acute care hospital. They’ve been bar- gaining since November 2016 and have been working without a union contract since Jan. 31, 2017. ONA spokesperson Kevin Mealy says members want an end to excessive on- call assignments that result in overwork and unpredictable schedules. They also want wages to catch up with nurses at other PeaceHealth hospitals. The starting wage for registered nurses at Peace Harbor is cur- rently $33 per hour. “It’s difficult to get nurses to come to Florence and make it their home,” Mealy said, be- cause of the lower wages and a scarcity of affordable housing. As a result, a number of nurses commute 80 minutes from Eu- gene, 60 miles east. At the May 8 bargaining ses- Nurses and supporters rally May 1 at the intersection of US 101 and Oregon 126 in Florence. (Photo courtesy of Ore- gon Nurses Association) sion — a 12-hour session facil- itated by a federal mediator — PeaceHealth presented propos- als that address on-call require- ments and wage disparities. PeaceHealth, headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, is a nonprofit Catholic health care system with 10 hospitals in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska.
