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

Bargaining Update 10/27--WAGE PROPOSAL!

In this last meeting we officially entered the hot topic of Wages!!!

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.