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

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Union Win: Change in Step III Exam Reimbursement

We’re excited to announce a change in Step III reimbursement that will save all our members money.  Due to changes in NBME recommendations, OHSU has recently begun requiring submission of an

Orientation Events For New House Officers

Are you new a resident or intern starting at OHSU? Welcome aboard!

November 4th OHSU-HOU Update

We garnered some attention from the Labor Press and OPB!

OPB: OHSU House Officers Come Together To Form Union

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Welcome to AFSCME!

I am so proud of our residents and fellows for filing for union representation!  They are integral to OHSU's success and absolutely deserve fair wages, affordable health insurance and basic accommodations such as adjacent on-call rooms.  Welcome to the AFSCME family everyone!

-Cassie Barton, PharmD, BCCCP
Trauma Surgery Critical Care Pharmacy

The Doctors of AFSCME Local 2831 Stand With OHSU-HOU

Dear Resident Physicians of Oregon Health and Sciences University,

Congratulations on joining the AFSCME union! We learned of your successful efforts recently. I am a representative for the AFSCME union doctors from Eugene and Springfield, Oregon, and we joined in Summer 2017. We are the primary care physicians union bargaining unit with Local 2831, and we take care of under-served patients at the Community Health Centers of Lane County.

Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association Supports OHSU-HOU

To the Resident Physicians of Oregon Health and Sciences University,

We are glad to hear that you just became AFSCME union physicians!Congratulations! We are the Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association (PNWHMA) in the Eugene-Springfield area, under the umbrella of the AFT union. We hope you will enjoy many of the same improvements we have had from joining a union.

University of Washington Housestaff Association Stands With OHSU-HOU

TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED FOR AFSCME LOCAL 328!

We did it! After 21.5 hours in mediation, following more than five difficult months of bargaining, AFSCME Local 328 and OHSU have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. Thanks to the support of our members, our bargaining team was able to negotiate a fair contract with a lot of beneficial new language, while fighting off health-insurance take-backs, PTO and union-busting tiered contract language. Highlights include:

Why Should Doctors Organize

Many doctors feel despair about their appalling working conditions and the deteriorating doctor-patient relationship. But there have been no protest marches or social media campaigns. Why not?

An article by the New Yorker explains why. PDF icon Read the article here.