Homecare
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juareza
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April 24, 2013
Bargaining Update: No movement from the state! Negotiations continue with the State for our new union contract covering close to 20,000 care providers across Oregon. We began Mediation on May 15th. We have just 6 weeks to put the pressure …
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juareza
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April 24, 2013
We Remain Steadfast in Our Union Goals— Workforce investments, Quality Services and Advocating for All Oregonians. The State’s opening wage proposal (Monday (4/22) calls for no increases for Personal Support Workers providing services to people with developmental disabilities, mental healthcare …
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SEIU Local 503
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April 8, 2013
On April 2nd, we met again with the State negotiating team as we continue to move forward on bargaining priorities set by members. The State will provide a counter proposal on wages and other economics issues on April 22nd. Stay …
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SEIU Local 503
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February 22, 2013
Our key goals are workforce investments, quality services and advocating for all Oregonians On Thursday, February 21, 2013 our elected SEIU bargaining team met for the fourth time with the State’s negotiating team. We presented all of our initial opening …
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SEIU Local 503
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February 11, 2013
We are excited to announce a new opportunity for homecare workers to participate in health and safety research! The COMPASS Teams study is open for enrollment. COMPASS stands for Community of Practice and Safety Support, and it is a “Total …
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SEIU Local 503
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January 11, 2013
Our elected Bargaining Team of providers from around Oregon had our first meeting with State negotiators on Wednesday, Jan. 9. Next week, the newly elected Oregon Legislature will begin meeting at the Capitol. Our advocacy in
Posted by
SEIU Local 503
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December 6, 2012
Congratulations to the elected Homecare Bargaining Team! District 1 Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties Joy’e Willman, HCW Annie Smith, HCW Carolyn Kohout, HCW Phyllis Wills, Chief Steward Patricia Lawrence, PSW Laurann Kealiher, PSW Megan Adkins, PSW …
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SEIU Local 503
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December 5, 2012
Care Providers and their families celebrated an amazing year for homecare and personal support workers at their 4th Annual Holiday Dinner Party held Dec. 1, 2012 in Salem. Participants, greeted by Mrs. Santa, took time to enjoy one another’s company, …
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SEIU Local 503
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November 13, 2012
(Public News Service) MEDFORD, Ore. – It’s National Family Caregivers Month, and within five years, about half of all Americans in the workforce will have a second, unpaid job caring for an aging relative, according to AARP.
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SEIU Local 503
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October 23, 2012
Good news. Gov. Chris Gregoire announced today that she won’t appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in order to defend budget cuts she sought in 2011. An appeal to the Roberts Court would have placed Olmstead squarely in jeopardy of …
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siegnerc
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October 23, 2012
Here’s some good news for care providers. Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has announced that she won’t appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in order to defend budget cuts she sought in 2011.An appeal to the Roberts Court would have placed Olmstead …
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SEIU Local 503
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October 5, 2012
SEIU Personal Service Worker Nicole Serrano helped Donald Anderson of Grants Pass, 29, meet one of his heroes, pro skateboarder Tony Hawk, during a special exhibition this summer.
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SEIU Local 503
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July 26, 2012
With a strong showing of support, homecare and personal support workers approved our new contract with a 98.8% ‘yes’ vote. The mail-in ballots were counted Thursday, July 26. Find out what we’re doing this summer to build our union and …
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SEIU Local 503
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July 24, 2012
Homecare members are fighting for fair labor protections because we care about clients and we care about providing quality services. Yet, when it comes to federal minimum wage and overtime laws, they’re systematically excluded from protections and treated like second-class …
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SEIU Local 503
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July 17, 2012
This summer, care providers have been taking the state by storm! From Bend to Lincoln City and Eugene to Medford, care providers have been reaching out to fellow workers to sign them up for membership, build political power through our …
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SEIU Local 503
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July 5, 2012
Not long after announcing his candidacy in 2007, Barack Obama spent a day working alongside Pauline Beck, a home health care aide in Oakland, Calif. Together, they cooked breakfast and lunch, cleaned house and did the laundry.
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SEIU Local 503
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June 22, 2012
PHOTO:Homecare Union President Rebecca Sandoval confronting Gov. John Kitzhaber about cuts to homecare at a speaking engagement. After 18 long months of tough bargaining and a tremendous fight, homecare and personal support workers have reached an historic tentative agreement that …
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SEIU Local 503
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June 20, 2012
Glendora Claybrooks, a Dignity member who provides care for her son, is a newly elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention! She will represent Oregon at the DNC, which will be held the first week of September in Charlotte, N.C.
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SEIU Local 503
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June 14, 2012
Our elected bargaining team wants to provide you with a critical update in our ongoing work to protect services and secure a fair contract. We successfully moved the State’s bargaining team to agree to postpone the arbitrator decision to Wednesday, …
Posted by
SEIU Local 503
on
May 17, 2012
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