Newsletters and Past News

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• AURN/OHSU Bargaining Update #2 - Dec. 21, 2022
• AURN/OHSU Bargaining Kickoff Jan. 11 - Dec. 21, 2022
• AURN/OHSU Update on MOU - Dec. 18, 2022
• AURN Membership Meeting Bargaining Presentation - Dec. 14, 2022
• OHSU/AURN Bargaining Begins - Dec. 7, 2022
• OHSU/AURN RSV LOA Update (amended) - Nov. 22, 2022
• Support Our Colleagues at Mult. Co. - Oct. 10, 2022
• OHSU/AURN Nurse Staffing Update - August 2022
• OHSU Management Response Acute Care Step 1 Grievance - Aug. 16, 2022
• Direct Care Position Statement on Minimum Staffing - August 2022
• Newsletter Aug. 19, 2022 - 2023 Bargaining Team
• Nurses Week is Coming - May 2, 2022
• Staffing Committee Update - April 26, 2022
• Newsletter April 13, 2022 - Welcome New Leaders!
• OHSU/AURN Leadership Election Results - March 25
  
• Newsletter March 2, 2022 - It’s Time for Annual ONA/AURN Elections!
  
• Newsletter Feb. 16, 2022 - Leadership Nomination Deadline Approaching
  
• Newsletter Jan. 14, 2022 - Shape the Future
• ONA/AURN Update on N95s - January 7, 2022
• OHSU Inclement Weather FAQ - Dec. 22, 2021
  
• ONA and Oregon AFSCME Joint Statement on OHSU Covington Report - Dec. 14, 2021
• ONA/AURN Update - Nov. 5, 2021
• Update on OHSU Attendance Incentives - Nov. 4, 2021
  
• Newsletter Oct. 28, 2021 - Support for OFNHP Kaiser Strike
• ONA/AURN Update Oct. 23, 2021 - OHSU Management Refuses to Bargain, Demanding Illegal MOU
  
• ONA/AURN BU OFNHP Strike Pledge - Oct. 21, 2021
• ONA/AURN Update - Oct. 8, 2021 at 5:45 p.m.
• ONA/AURN MOU Negotiations Summary Chart - Oct. 8, 2021
• ONA/AURN Update - Oct. 8, 2021 at 7:15 a.m.
• ONA/AURN COVID-19 Extension MOU Summary of Survey Data and Goals Presentation - Oct. 1, 2021
  
• Newsletter Aug. 23, 2021 - Get Involved!
  
• AURN Update Aug. 21, 2021 - Labor and Delivery Nurses Leading the Way! Management Moves on Staffing and Meals and Breaks
• NICU Float Arbitration Decision - Aug. 2, 2021
  
• OHSU Cited for a Multitude of Staffing Law Violations - July 8, 2021
  
• OHSU Summer Incentive Letter of Agreement - June 23, 2021
  
• Newsletter May 24, 2021 - Get Involved!
  
• Newsletter May 7, 2021 - AURN Election Update
• AURN Leadership Election Results - April 26
  
• OHSU/AURN BU Leadership Election Flier - April 19
  
• Newsletter April 1, 2021 - It’s Time for Annual ONA/AURN Elections!
  
• OHA to Survey OHSU Nurse Staffing Starting March 30
• Believe, Support: Nurses Call for Change - Statement on Sexual Harassment at OHSU
• Newsletter Feb. 11, 2021 - New Contract Provision Reminders
• Newsletter Jan. 29, 2021 - Nominations Now Open for ONA Positions at OHSU
• Nurses at OHSU Ratify Contract - Dec. 23
• OHSU/ONA Tentative Agreement Information - Dec. 15
  
• Contract Wins - Vote YES! - Dec. 11
• Tentative Agreement Reached! - Dec. 10
  
• Newsletter Dec. 3, 2020 - Nurse Priorities are Essential
  
• Bargaining Priorities Fliers - Nov. 18
  
• Newsletter Oct. 22, 2020 - Strength in Numbers
• Newsletter Oct. 15, 2020 - Rally: Wednesday, Oct. 21!
  
• Important ONA/AURN Update - Sept. 18
  
• Newsletter Sept. 17, 2020 - OHSU Shows No Significant Movement in Negotiations
  
• Bargaining Update Sept. 16, 2020 - AURN Members are awaiting real movement from the most profitable hospital in Oregon.
• Newsletter Aug. 27, 2020 - What's at Stake with Contract Expiration
  
• Newsletter Aug. 20, 2020 - Counterproposals Exchanged
  
• Newsletter Aug. 13, 2020 - AURN: Nurses' Safety a Priority
  
• Newsletter July 30, 2020 - Bargaining Continues
• Newsletter July 24, 2020 - Everything on the Table
• Newsletter July 16, 2020 - Safety & Economic Proposals
  
• ONA/OHSU Bargaining Update - July 9, 2020
  
• Newsletter June 11, 2020 - Bargaining Update
  
• Newsletter June 4, 2020 - Bargaining Update/Black Lives Matter
  
• Newsletter May 18, 2020 - Bargaining Update
  
• ONA/AURN and OHSU Reach COVID-19 Safety Agreement - April 6
• MOA: COVID-19 Safety Agreement - April 6, 2020
  
• ONA/AURN COVID-19 Nurse Safety Update - March 23, 2020
• Newsletter Nov. 26, 2019 - Fill out survey before Dec. 4!
• Newsletter Oct. 21, 2019 - Have you filled out the pre-negotiation survey?
• Newsletter Sept. 12, 2019 - Fill out a pre-negotiation survey
• Newsletter August 2, 2019 - AFSCME Informational Picket
• Newsletter July 2, 2019 - Solidarity!
  
• Newsletter May 6, 2019 - Nurses Week May 6 - 12
• 3:1 Staffing: Process and Next Steps - Dec. 7, 2018
• 3:1 Staffing Update - Dec. 4, 2018
  
• Newsletter Oct. 1, 2018 - Staffing Plan Victory on 5A/5C
  
• Newsletter Aug. 24, 2018 - History of Shared Governance at OHSU
  
• Newsletter Aug. 22, 2018 - Benefits Negotiations Update: EBC Reaches Consensus on 2019 Health Care Plan
• Newsletter Aug. 7, 2018 - Update on Potential Changes to Health Plan for 2019
  
• Newsletter June 18, 2018 - Health Care Benefits Changes Contemplated for 2019
  
• Newsletter March 28, 2018 - Nurses Push Back on 1:3 Staffing in Critical Care
  
• Newsletter Feb. 5, 2018 - What You Need to Know about Janus
  
• Newsletter Jan. 25, 2018 - Get Involved!
  
• Newsletter Jan. 9, 2018
  
• OHA Staffing Report on OHSU - Jan. 2
• Newsletter Dec. 11, 2017 - Lots of Ways to Be Involved in Your Union
• Newsletter Nov. 9, 2017 - Does Your Unit Need Contracts?
• ONA/OHSU Town Hall Meetings on 1:3 Staffing - posted Oct. 12
• Contract Orientation Sessions in Oct, and Nov. - posted Oct. 12
• Newsletter Oct. 4, 2017 - Printed Contracts Almost Here
• Newsletter Sept. 6, 2017 - Stay Involved!
• Newsletter Aug. 15, 2017 - We Need Your Leadership
• Newsletter July 10, 2017 - New Contract Provision Reminders
• ONA OHSU Magnet Town Hall Report - July 7
• Contract Ratified! - June 5
• Newsletter May 25, 2017 - Negotiation Update #16: Tentative Agreement
• Tentative Agreement Redline Document - May 23
• Newsletter May 16, 2017 - Negotiation Update #15
• Newsletter May 3, 2017 - Negotiation Update #14
• Newsletter April 20, 2017 - Negotiation Update #13
• Areas of Tentative Agreement - Apr. 13, 2017
• Newsletter April 13, 2017 - Bargaining Update #12
  
• AURN Barg. Unit Presentation - Mar. 29, 2017
• Newsletter March 28, 2017 - Bargaining Update #11
• Newsletter March 23, 2017 - Bargaining Update #10
• Newsletter Mar. 2, 2017 - Bargaining Update #9
• Newsletter Feb. 13, 2017 - Bargaining Update #8
• Newsletter Feb. 8, 2017 - Bargaining Update #7
• Newsletter Jan. 27, 2017 - Bargaining Update #6
• Newsletter Jan. 12, 2017 - Bargaining Update #5
  
• Newsletter Dec. 21, 2016 - Bargaining Update #4
• Newsletter Dec. 6, 2016 - Bargaining Update #3
• Newsletter Nov. 21, 2016 - Bargaining Update #2
• Closure of OHSU Inpatient Psychiatry Unit – 1NW - Nov. 10
• Newsletter Nov. 7, 2016 - Bargaining Update
• Newsletter Oct. 19, 2016 - Negotiations Begin Nov. 3
• MOU Proposal - Fatigue and Practice Safety
• Newsletter Sept. 15, 2016
• Newsletter May 9, 2016 - Happy Nurses Week
• Newsletter March 15, 2016
• Newsletter Feb. 24, 2016
• OHSU Staffing Plans and Unit-Based Nursing Practice Committees - Requirements and Opportunities - March 24
• Newsletter December 5, 2014
• Newsletter September 2, 2014
• Why Become a Full Member of AURN/ONA
• OHSU Settlement on Influenza and Masking Policy Grievance - April 4
• Article: OHSU Strike, 10 Years Later

2023 Bargaining Documents

• AURN Final Proposal: Full Text & Cover Letter - Aug. 16, 2023
• AURN Final Proposal: Cost Summary - Aug. 16, 2023
• Management Final Proposal: Full Text - Aug. 16, 2023
• Management Final Proposal: Cost Summary - Aug. 16, 2023

AURN Current Proposals - as of Aug. 16, 2023

• Article 2, Association Privileges and Limitations
• Article 5, Definitions 
• Article 6, Employment Practices
  
• Article 7, Hours of Work
• Article 8 & Appendix A, Wages & Wage Schedule
  
• Article 9, Overtime and Premium Pay
• Article 10, Differential Pay
• Article 11, Holiday and Vacation Benefits
• Article 12, Utilization of Benefit Time
• Article 13, Vacation Leave Administration
  
• Article 14, Sick Leave
• Article 16, Insurance Benefits
• Article 21, Staff Development
• Article 24, Resource Nurses
• Article 26, Health and Safety
• Article 27, Committees
• Article 28, Staffing
• Article 29, Modified Operations, Communicable Disease Management, & Emergency Preparedness
• Article 31, Term of Agreement
• MOU: Maternal Newborn Float Pool
• MOU: Licensure
• MOU #2: On-Call Staffing in Labor & Delivery Unit
• MOU #9: Home Infusion

Management Current Proposals - as of Aug. 16, 2023

• Article 2, Association Privileges and Limitations
  
• Article 5, Definitions
• Article 6, Employment Practices
• Article 7, Hours of Work
• Article 8, Wages
• Article 9, Overtime and Premium Pay
• Article 10, Differential Pay
• Article 11, Holiday and Vacation Benefits
• Article 12, Utilization of Benefit Pay
• Article 13, Vacation Leave Administration
  
• Article 14, Sick Leave
• Article 16, Insurance Benefits
• Article 21, Staff Development
• Article 24, Resource Nurses
  
• Article 26, Health and Safety
• Article 27, Committees
• Article 28, Staffing
• Article 29, Modified Operations, Communicable Disease Management, & Emergency Preparedness
• Article 31, Term of Agreement
• MOU: Maternal Newborn Float Pool - Coming Soon
• MOU: Licensure
• MOU #2: On-Call Staffing in Labor & Delivery Unit
• MOU #9: Home Infusion

Areas of Tentative Agreement - as of Aug. 16, 2023

• Bargaining Ground Rules - Dec. 21, 2022
• MOU: On-Call Staffing in Labor & Delivery Unit - Sept. 14, 2023
• MOU: Maternal Newborn Float Pool - Sept. 14, 2023

PERS Updates 2013

• PERS by the Numbers - May 13, 2013
• More on OHSU’s Retirement Proposal – May 3, 2013
• OHSU’s PERS Proposal: Fact vs. Fiction - May 2, 2013
• Comparison of the OHSU Retirement Plans - July 13, 2012
• Visit the State of Oregon PERS page

Retirement Updates 2014

Retirement Documents

• Comparison of the OHSU Retirement Plans - Feb. 3, 2014
• Retirement Letter - Feb. 4, 2014

Retirement Bonus Documents

• ONA RN Notice of intent to Retire under MOU #7 Form
• ONA Retirement Lump Bonus Process Flow Chart