Nursing home workers bargain over wages, benefits, and workplace conditions like safety, PPE, staffing and more.
Meet your 2023 bargaining team
SEIU 503 is a member-run union. Members elect a bargaining team of their peers every two years. With legal, negotiation and logistical support from union staff, your bargaining team fights to make sure your priorities are reflected in the final contract.
Key issues for 2024
Nursing Home members will begin completing bargaining surveys soon, to identify and prioritize issues for our next round of contract negotiations. In the past, members have identified wages as the #1 issue, including longevity bonuses for experienced CNAs and shift differentials. Other important issues are staffing, healthcare, and a way to bargain with our employers over emergent issues that affect us, like health and safety concerns. Our bargaining team will use the results of the 2024 surveys to guide and prioritize the proposals we present to management in this round of negotiations.
Latest updates
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Historic: LPNs win their first contract in Oregon!
After months of bargaining, Avamere Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) won their first contract! This is the first group of LPNs…Continue reading »
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Big raises for SEIU Nursing Home workers October 1
On October 1, workers at Volare, EmpRes, Prestige, and Sapphire nursing homes will see Cost of Living Adjustments in their…Continue reading »
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Avamere LPN Bargaining Update 8/28/2023
Our SEIU union bargaining team continues to push for One contract (LPNs to receive all rights and benefits under the…Continue reading »
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Arete Bargaining Update July 10 2023
On June 28th, SEIU’s bargaining team presented all of the Union’s proposals to Arete. (See below for summary) Our SEIU Nursing…Continue reading »
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Share your staffing story
Please record a 30-second video in support of the proposed staffing standards for nursing homes. Nursing home owners are pushing…Continue reading »
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New healthcare coverage for long-term care workers
Affordable, quality healthcare is now within reach! Through the Essential Worker Healthcare Trust, workers can now get great healthcare coverage…Continue reading »
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New nursing home wage scales effective October 1, 2022
Each worker at Avalon, EmpRes, and Prestige will receive a $2.11 an hour wage increase effective Oct 1st. All workers…Continue reading »
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New Wage Scales and COLA for Avamere workers
Avamere workers settled on a new wage scale with management this week. All current employees will be placed on the…Continue reading »
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Tentative Agreement at Prestige!
Tentative Agreement at Dakavia! Thanks to all our solidarity at all three union Dakavia nursing homes, our bargaining reached a…Continue reading »
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Tentative Agreement at EmpRes!
Tentative Agreement at EmpRes! The Nursing Home Council bargaining team has reached a tentative agreement with EmpRes! When ratified by…Continue reading »