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"DAS Bargaining Is Under Way"

SEIU Message: “Quality is part of the bargain”

 
 Bargaining Conference

The Department of Administrative Services bargaining team, part of a group shown here at a bargaining conference Dec. 6, has held its first session with state negotiators, sending a clear message that SEIU 503 will pursue fair contracts that allow us to provide quality public services. Oregon University System, Family Child Care, Home Care and adult foster care workers will begin bargaining shortly.
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Quality Service Tops Legislative Agenda

Pioneer

SEIU 503 members have a word for the 2009 sessions of the Oregon Legislature and the U. S. Congress: Quality!

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Report Exposes Economic Folly of Long-Term Care Cuts

EcoNorthwest Suggests Oregon Would Pay Dearly in Lost Jobs and Federal Aid.

Medford Mail Tribune Story *Click Here*, EcoNorthwest Report click link provided - EcoNW Report EcoNW Report

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Food for Thought at McDonald’s

At the counter

SEIU 503 members and staffers staged lunch-hour actions at McDonald’s fast food emporiums across Oregon December 18 as part of a national campaign to alert employees and customers to the chain’s anti-worker posture.

The company later said it would back off previously announced opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act

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2009 Stewards' Conference Slated For February

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Stewards from across the state will come together for the 2009 biennial Stewards' Conference on February 7-8

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SEIU Snowflake Festival

SEIU Snowflake Float Pic 13

The Snowflake Festival Parade in Klamath Falls earlier this month provided a great opportunity for SEIU 503 members in the area to put a face on organized labor.

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Participants Sought For 2009-2011 Committees And Councils

If Interested in serving on a committee or council, complete the committee and council interest form and return it to the office of the president c/o Verna Fletcher, SEIU Local 503, OPEU, PO Box 12159, Salem OR 97309; or fax form to 503.581.1664    

The Form may be downloaded here

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First in the Nation!

Adult Foster Care Providers

Adult Foster Care Providers

Adult foster home care providers represented by Local 503 of the Service Employees International Union have negotiated an historic one-year agreement with the State of Oregon, becoming the first such workers in the US to win a union contract.

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Union's 24th Home Is Eugene's First

Craig Mahaffey and Friends

Craig Mahaffey and Friends

Certified nursing aides and other employees at the South HIlls Rehabilitation Center have made that facility the 24th Oregon nursing home with an SEIU 503 contract and the first in the Eugene area.

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New Contract Just the Start

SEIU 503 members at CODA — Comprehensive Options for Drug Abuse — have ratified a new one-year contract improving wages, benefits and working conditions—and immediately set their sights on further improvements.
"We fought harder this time and we got more," said Becky Woodward, a member of the bargaining committee. "It shows us what we can do when we’re informed and organized and act like a union!"

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OR Adopts Nursing Home Standards

New standards prompted by SEIU 503 increase the number of assistants in nursing homes, allowing members to improve care of residents.

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