Read more about what the workers won here.
Kaiser Strike Launch Rally on Monday!
Join us Monday, Nov. 15 at 2pm on the first day of the OFNHP strike for an afternoon rally featuring our striking frontline healthcare workers, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten, and other political and community leaders.
We will be coming together to raise our voice about why this fight is so important: it is about the future of our healthcare!
Frontline healthcare workers and patients will be coming together to tell Kaiser’s executives it is time to put patients over profits!
Sign up for strike support here.
Location: Overlook Park, 1599 N Fremont St.
Now through Nov. 12: Take Action for Climate Justice During COP26
The UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, is happening now! View the calendar to see all the local COP26 events, and get involved in climate justice this week!
Celebrate One Year of Measure 110!
Oregon made history when voters decided it was time to stop criminalizing drug use and start saving lives. It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a year since we voted for this law, winning the election by a 17-point margin, in counties progressive and conservative, urban and rural. And a lot has happened since then:
– All drugs have been decriminalized.
– The first round of Measure 110 grants have gone out to harm reduction and addiction recovery service providers, immediately infusing our behavioral health system with funds to address Oregon’s dire addiction crisis.
– The Oregon legislature passed a law to strengthen the Measure.
– Some services have already been funded at a faster timeline than the law originally promised.
It’s safe to say that the new law is up and running across the state. Let’s celebrate the progress we’ve made together, and how we can continue working to make critical, low-barrier services available to every Oregonian who wants them.
Event Panelists:
– Anthony Johnson, Chief Petitioner and Drug Policy Reform Activist
– Haven Wheelock, Chief Petitioner and Harm Reductionist
– Janie Gullickson, Chief Petitioner and Addiction Recovery Service Provider
– Ron Williams, Outreach Director, Health Justice Recovery Alliance
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Stand with Workers! Boycott Kellogg’s!
Bakery Workers’ Strike Against Nabisco is Over!
The community support and solidarity for the striking workers was incredible! Learn more about the strike and what the workers won via KBOO and the Mercury.
Ongoing: Saturday Solidarity Rally with Striking Bakery Workers at Nabisco
Please click the Events tab or visit BerniePDX.us/events to see the latest info!
This Saturday: Solidarity Rally for Striking Nabisco/Mondelez Workers at 10:00am!
The huge, profitable multi-national corporation, Nabisco/Mondelez, is destroying union jobs – outsourcing work, eliminating pensions, increasing healthcare costs, cutting pay for overtime.
Nabisco bakery workers in Portland (BCTGM 364) walked out at noon Tuesday, August 10th, demanding a fair contract.
Join strikers on the picket line this Saturday. Bring snacks and drinks. Make solidarity signs.
This multiracial group of workers are taking on the billionaire class. Their struggle is our struggle. Thank them for reminding us how to fight, using the most powerful weapon workers have — the strike.
Location: 100 NE Columbia Blvd, Portland
Rally & March for Medicare for All on Saturday, 7/24 at 12:00pm
March is at 10:30am at the Battleship Oregon Memorial
Rally at 12:00pm at Shemanski Park
Outdoor After Party at 8:00pm at Produce Row Cafe
Calling all Medicare for All supporters! Show up for a big Medicare for All Rally. Family-friendly, permitted event with speakers, music, organizational tables, and ASL interpreting provided. Please wear a mask!
We’ll be joining dozens of cities around the country holding events on this date to demand Medicare for All!
Program:
Speakers & Musical Interlude:
Travis Nelson, RN, BSN, labor rep for nurses; ONA Vice President
Loni Friedmann, educator & advocate against audism
Antonio Germann, MD, Salud Medical Center, Woodburn. Physicians for a National Health Program
Portland Raging Grannies
Emma Johnson, Medicare for All supporter with a health care story
Rosemary Dodd, Portland DSA, social justice activist
Emcee: Jamie Partridge, labor activist, Portland JWJ & Portland DSA
As always, click our Events tab up top or visit www.berniepdx.us/events for more upcoming events.
Support Healthcare Workers at their Union Pickets June 10 & 16!
Thursday, June 10, 7am-7pm: Picket for Safe Staffing at Kaiser Westside
Picket times will be 7:00am-8:30am; 11:00am-1:00pm; 4:30pm-7:00pm on day of.
On June 10th the nurses and healthcare professionals from the Kaiser Westside Medical Center are holding an informational picket to address short staffing, which affects the care patients receive in the hospital. These workers are members of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP), and are asking that management address many of the concerns that they fear could interfere with their ability to provide patient care.
“We are fighting for our patients, and we know that safe staffing is a necessary piece of keeping our community healthy and safe,” says Jodi Barschow, RN and President of OFNHP. “This is an ongoing issue that did not begin with the COVID-19 pandemic, but being short staffing is a problem both for us as healthcare professionals and the patients who are relying on us.”
Kaiser Permanente and its union employees have a partnership agreement that allows them to work collaboratively on solving problems. The employees are asking for these issues to be addressed through this partnership and that the systemic issues with staffing are addressed. This picket is only a matter of weeks after another recent informational picket that happened at the Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center, where staff in the Emergency Department highlighted problems with short staffing, high turnover, and a lack of a voice on the job.
This informational picket comes at the same time as OFNHP members begin bargaining with Kaiser, both at the local level and nationally through the Alliance of Healthcare Unions. Issues like safe staffing are on the agenda, as well as maintaining industry leading wages and benefits and giving staff a voice on how to best care for patients. OFNHP recently won a historic contract for the medical professionals at St. Charles in Bend, securing 25% raises after a nine-day strike that brought unions, community members, and political leaders together in support of the workers who were fighting for a fair contract.
Location: Kaiser Westside Medical Center, 2875 NW Stucki Ave, Hillsboro
Wednesday, June 16, 3-7pm: ONA/Unity Nurses Informational Picket
Join ONA represented nurses from Unity Center for Behavioral Health as they fight to ensure fair treatment for workers, gain a voice in hospital decision making, raise safety standards, and improve patient care!
Invite your friends, neighbors, colleagues, co-workers and family. Join us for a few minutes or a few hours! The more support we have the better.
Everyone who takes part must wear a mask and follow appropriate social distancing guidelines.
Location: Unity Center for Behavioral Health, 1225 NE 2nd Ave.