Homecare
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SEIU Local 503
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January 27, 2012
How should the legislature cover a revenue shortfall? Not with layoffs and service cuts. That’s the message thousands of SEIU 503 members and our allies plan to deliver at a Day of Action in Salem Mon., Feb 20. When it …
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SEIU Local 503
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January 24, 2012
SEIU 503 homecare members and the seniors and people with disabilities they serve are continuing to press Kitzhaber and the Legislature to avoid making shameful cuts to Oregon’s nationally recognized homecare program.
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SEIU Local 503
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January 23, 2012
Our Homecare Bargaining Team returns to the table Feb. 7 hoping that the State finally presents a reasonable offer after nearly a year of presenting unacceptable proposals. Wednesday, in the latest in a series of public actions that have involved …
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SEIU Local 503
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January 13, 2012
SEIU homecare members and the seniors and people with disabilities they serve are facing shameful cuts. January 1 there was a cut to home care service hours — the same day Oregon millionaires received an income tax break. After bargaining …
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SEIU Local 503
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January 11, 2012
Dear SEIU homecare worker, We are fighting Governor Kitzhaber’s disgraceful efforts to deprive homecare workers of our own health care on many fronts, but we need you help. Bargaining with the state continues Thursday. We are still fighting back tremendous …
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SEIU Local 503
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December 20, 2011
Our Home Care Bargaining Team entered mediation Friday (Dec. 9) hoping that the State would be collaborative and work towards a fair settlement. Unfortunately, even in mediation, the State continues to insist on senseless and shameful cuts that would deprive thousands of home care workers of health insurance, ignore the needs for greater consistency in services of people with developmental disabilities and threaten to destroy home care as we know it in Oregon.
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SEIU Local 503
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December 16, 2011
Over 50 SEIU 503 members, home care consumers and supporters descended upon Governor John Kitzhaber’s “Future of Health Care” speaking event in Portland, Dec. 14.
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SEIU Local 503
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December 14, 2011
The Governor says there is no money, but he is proposing these rollbacks at the same time as millionaires are getting a New Year’s Day tax break. Home Care workers and our clients are fired up and speaking out!
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SEIU Local 503
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December 5, 2011
Home Care Workers and Clients Turn Up the Heat SEIU 503 Home Care workers returned to the bargaining table November 18, but not before placing close to 1,000 phone calls asking the governor to stop the shameful cuts. Three days …
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SEIU Local 503
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December 2, 2011
More than 40 homecare workers and clients crowded into an Oregon Home Care Commission meeting in Salem on the first day of December to express their outrage at the State’s proposal to eliminate more than 2,200 homecare workers from health …
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SEIU Local 503
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November 21, 2011
Well over 400 SEIU Local 503 homecare workers, joined by clients and supporters, turned out for noon rallies in seven cities November 21. In January, more than 10,000 seniors and people with disabilities face a 5% reduction in essential services …
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SEIU Local 503
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November 17, 2011
Now is the time to stand up and stop the shameful cuts! Although we continued to make progress on important issues in bargaining Monday, we remain at a standstill on economics. That makes our seven actions across the state at …
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SEIU Local 503
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November 16, 2011
Our latest bargaining session with the state Thursday (Nov. 10) has not moved us closer to a new contract. The state continues to demand an overall 10% cut in home care worker compensation including onerous new restrictions that would take …
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SEIU Local 503
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November 7, 2011
In January, more than 10,000 seniors and people with disabilities face a 5% reduction in essential services that allow them to remain in their homes — on the very day the wealthiest Oregonians get an income tax break. Now, as …
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SEIU Local 503
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October 20, 2011
We bargained for the first time in over a month October 10 and 17 and the State’s proposed limitations on access to health care for homecare workers who care for seniors and people with physical disabilities was still a main …
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SEIU Local 503
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September 8, 2011
SEIU Local 503 and our research partners are doing an important study called the Homecare Workers Safety Project. This study will help us learn how common problems such as workplace violence and sexual harassment are for homecare workers and what …
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SEIU Local 503
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August 11, 2011
One Unit, One Contract Since the beginning of negotiations, the state was reluctant to bargain jointly with providers who care for people with developmental disabilities and homecare workers who care for seniors and people with physical disabilities. We know that …
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SEIU Local 503
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July 15, 2011
SEIU Local 503’s newest members have entered bargaining with the state for an inaugural contract covering about 7,500 homecare workers for individuals with developmental disabilities and mental illness, joining representatives of more than 11,000 homecare workers for seniors and people …
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SEIU Local 503
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July 6, 2011
As we worked to become a union and join SEIU, we had the opportunity to record 50 of our personal stories. These stories tell about who we are, what we do and the wonderful clients we serve as support service …
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SEIU Local 503
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June 29, 2011
Personal Service Workers Elect Member of Team SEIU Local 503’s newest members have entered bargaining with the state for an inaugural contract covering about 7,500 support service providers for individuals with developmental disabilities and mental illness, joining representatives of more …
