News and Updates

Our Labor Management Committee is up and running, and we want to hear from you!

Our contract with OHSU provides for a Labor Management Committee (LMC), made up of HOU members and OHSU administration to regularly discuss mutually agreeable solutions to problems faced by by hous

Nominations Are Open for Our Bargaining Team

As negotiated in our recent agreement over the pay rates for academic year 2023-2024, we’ll be re-opening the full collective bargaining agreement for renegotiation no later than the end of J

Moonlighting Agreement Updated

A quick update on our recent disussions with management regarding moonlighting:

We did it!

Dear Colleagues,

We're happy to announce that after almost 10 months of difficult negotiations, we have reached an agreement on our first union contract for OHSU house officers!

We made major gains in almost all of the categories we identified as a priority for a first contract: four weeks of vacation paid licensure and step III fees, and the introduction of a housing stipend for everyone and relocation stipend for future interns.

KBOO: Doctors Unionize

EVENT: Support House Officers On 12/16!

A Contract by Christmas: Mediation Update #2

Dear Colleagues,

We are making progress in mediation! Our latest proposal puts us in second quartile of our west coast comparators as estimated using the data provided by the hospital.

Disappointing: Our First Mediation Session Update

Dear Colleagues,

Negotiating our contract during Covid-19 has been rough. As Oregon's cases surge and our frontline staff face repeated exposures, testing, and quarantine, we are all feeling the stress of the season and the year.

OHSU Can Do Better

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Dear Colleagues,

We are disheartened to hear about recent COVID exposures amongst OHSU staff; we are thinking about those in quarantine, those on the frontlines of this COVID pandemic, and our patients struggling with COVID at record numbers. We are particularly alarmed about the recent COVID outbreak amongst employees because of the continued overcrowding of our workspaces.

Unfair Labor Practice Settlement

Great news! We have settled our Unfair Labor Practice charge with OHSU and have won the following for residents who qualify for the settlement:

OHSU Residents Deserve More

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Dear Colleagues,

Your elected bargaining team has been in negotiations for 224 days in a time of unprecedented stress for physicians. Our proposals remain innovative and focused on diversity and equity to specifically address the concerns of women, parents, and underrepresented minorities in medicine.