After months of bargaining, Avamere Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) won their first contract! This is the first group of LPNs EVER to win a union contract in Oregon’s nursing home industry. Nursing home leaders achieved a goal that nursing home…

On October 1, workers at Volare, EmpRes, Prestige, and Sapphire nursing homes will see Cost of Living Adjustments in their paychecks. Our union bargaining team negotiated these COLAs in our last union contract, based on increases in Medicaid reimbursement rates.…

Our SEIU union bargaining team continues to push for One contract (LPNs to receive all rights and benefits under the existing collective bargaining agreement) Wage add-ons for LPN duties beyond nursing (on-call, infection control, RCM) LPNs to be placed on…

On June 28th, SEIU’s bargaining team presented all of the Union’s proposals to Arete. (See below for summary) Our SEIU Nursing Home Union bargaining team took a firm stand against retaliatory anti-union behavior by management in several facilities. Sarah Sutherland…

Please record a 30-second video in support of the proposed staffing standards for nursing homes. Nursing home owners are pushing back and claiming that these staffing standards are not necessary. Your story can help make the difference. You have 30…

Affordable, quality healthcare is now within reach! Through the Essential Worker Healthcare Trust, workers can now get great healthcare coverage for a low monthly premium. This is person-centered healthcare coverage for long-term care workers, by long-term care workers. Long-term care…

Each worker at Avalon, EmpRes, and Prestige will receive a $2.11 an hour wage increase effective Oct 1st. All workers will advance one step, and then the steps are adjusted to the new rates. If you are already at the…

Avamere workers settled on a new wage scale with management this week. All current employees will be placed on the new wage scale retroactive to May 1st, 2022. Any current employees making a base wage over the wage scale will…

table, th, td { border: 1px solid #ccc; border-collapse: collapse;} Tentative Agreement at Dakavia! Thanks to all our solidarity at all three union Dakavia nursing homes, our bargaining reached a tentative agreement with Dakavia! Once ratified by membership, this contract…

table, th, td { border: 1px solid #ccc; border-collapse: collapse;} Tentative Agreement at EmpRes! The Nursing Home Council bargaining team has reached a tentative agreement with EmpRes! When ratified by the membership, this contract sets one of the highest standards…