Our Volare LPN bargaining team has reached a tentative agreement for better wages, benefits and working conditions. Here are the key provisions of the tentative agreement: Mandation (article 10.9) LPNs cannot be required to work beyond their scheduled shifts except…

Thanks to the hard work of Volare LPNs who have organized and stuck together, our Volare bargaining team has won major changes in our union contract that affect our wages, working conditions, and benefits. Mandation (article 10.9) LPNs cannot be…

Wage increases, staffing, improved Vacation and Sick leave Wage Increases (see wage scale below) COLAs and step increases each year of the contract. Agreement to keep one scale at all facilities. Added a 10th step to the scale, plus language…

Big wins in our new contract Contract ratification bonus of $500 for full-time and part-time bargaining unit employees Highest CNA start rate of all SEIU 503 nursing home contracts at $24/hour $20/hour minimum start rates for all positions Entire wage…

Avamere added $2.34/hour per employee in this contract, including wages, health care, PTO, and other improvements, which adds up to an additional $5.6 million in workers’ pockets. Wage Increases (see wage scale below) 3% for all workers, plus step increases…

Big wins: Access to the Essential Worker Healthcare Trust, Safe staffing mandates, and more! Wage Increases A retroactive 3% raise to the wage scale to October 1st, 2024. Staff move up one step. Employees aid above the wage scale shall…

Big wins: $1.91/hr, better PTO and 401k match, protected our healthcare Wage Increases A $1.91 hourly pay raise for all employees on October 1st, 2024. Health Insurance Continue our union health insurance in the face of 10% cost increases, with…

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Workers at Avamere Chestnut Lane, a one-of-a-kind assisted living facility for the Deaf and Deaf-Blind, have won their first contract, with the highest Assisted Living Facility wages in the State of Oregon and possibly in the country. Assisted living facilities…

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…