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Bargaining Updates
July 22, 2010
We spent the bulk of our session this Wednesday finishing up an issue around changing FTEs and writing joint problem statements to help us get ready for our next session on August 4. You can read the details about changing FTEs on the back of the barganing unit update document below.
As a reminder, you can find the main topics and themes for our bargaining with OHSU on the bargaining update below. This is not everything we are bargaining, but these topics highlight our most important or significant concerns.
July 14, 2010
As a part of the interest based bargaining approach, ONA and OHSU agreed to set up four different work groups around the topics of unscheduled absences (dealing with attendance), vacation scheduling (making it easier to take and cover the annual accrual), shared governance (finding more and better ways to involve nurses in operations and patient care planning), and recruitment and retention (how will we attract and retain nurses to work at OHSU).
The idea behind the work groups is to make it so that more people can get involved in the bargaining process and address problems and issues that have not always gotten attention. They were charged with having discussion about the topic and making joint recommendations to the bargaining team for contract proposals, process improvements, task forces, etc. for the mutual consideration of both ONA and OHSU’s bargaining team members.
Each work group met several times and involved both staff RNs and nurse managers and human resource professionals. All of the work groups have completed their work.
June 30, 2010
Our fifth session was held on June 30. We presented ten additional concerns for problem solving, as did OHSU.
See previous bargaining updates on the news and events page
Click here for a brief explanation of what we are bargaining over and why
Oregon PERS Information
An explanation of the differences between Oregon PERS in 2003 and 2011 and how this will impact future attempts to "fix" PERS has been provided. Click here for more details
Newsletters
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AURN Officers
As announced in January, we solicited for new AURN Officers. The positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer and Member at Large were uncontested and elected by affirmation. They begin serving in their role/office on June 1, 2010. All Officers serve on the Bargaining Team. Four (4) other nurses are also helping with negotiations and serving on the Bargaining Team. We still need a Secretary. If you are interested please contact Courtney Niebel at ONA at (503) 293-0011 ext 341.
Our National Union
The National Federation of Nurses (NFN) is unique at the national level in terms of its structure and organization and will provide an unparalleled platform for registered nurses to have a voice in the national labor agenda. For information about this new union click here for more information or go to their website at nfn.org
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