OHSU won't move from their ZERO cost proposals stating that the status quo is how OHSU has historically treated postdocs and they are now calling for mediation.
Our PWU Bargaining Team (Bteam) came back refreshed and ready to met with OHSU’s representatives on Tuesday, November 29th for their 6th bargaining session.
Your PWU Bargaining Team (BTeam) met with OHSU’s representatives on Tuesday, September 26 for their second bargaining session. We had a productive meeting where both teams brought articles to the table. 10 articles have been proposed, and our BTeam has altogether reached tentative agreements (TAs) on 5 of them with OHSU management, including:
Your PWU Bargaining Team met with representatives from OHSU on Monday, Sept. 11, to begin collective bargaining negotiations on a first contract for PWU. PWU’s entire bargaining team was in attendance along with AFSCME representatives Damon Di Cicco (Lead Negotiator) and Marc Meadows (Second Negotiator). We began the meeting by establishing the ground rules for bargaining.
In case you haven't heard, we filed our official recognition petition with the State of Oregon's Employment Relations Board on Friday, 4/7. With a solid supermajority of our colleagues having signed authorization cards, we are confident that postdocs at OHSU are committed to joining together as a union to improve working conditions. We are looking forward to the official certification of our union and are already getting prepared to bargain our first contract. Stay tuned for more information, coming soon!
