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Below is the letter sent to Kaiser leadership accompanying our grievances demanding action to ensure contract implementation goes appropriately.

Kaiser recently released its new Northwest Region Parking Management and Enforcement Policy, which formally lays out who can park where, how parking rules will be enforced, and what happens when someone violates those rules.

For most employees at Sunnyside Medical Center, the policy largely reflects the parking rules we have already been living under. Staff are expected to park in designated employee parking areas, and Security Services will use both patrols and license plate recognition technology to enforce the policy. Repeat violations can eventually result in vehicle immobilization or

After months of organizing, grievance work, and preparation for arbitration, OFNHP tech members at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center have secured a major victory, for our members and for PeaceHealth, protecting step progression rights under the contract.

The settlement resolves both an individual grievance and a broader class action grievance filed by the union after PeaceHealth changed employees’ step progression dates when workers transferred into new positions within the bargaining unit. According to the agreement, the employer will now restore affected employees’ original step dates

PeaceHealth Southwest Professionals have been fighting to win their first contract, and management continues to stall on the issues that matter most for workers and patient care.

We’re calling on OFNHP members across all worksites and all community supporters and patients to stand in solidarity and join an upcoming rally in support of PHSW Pros.

This fight reflects the broader challenges we are all facing. When employers refuse to engage on core issues like staffing, wages, and working conditions, it impacts standards across our union. Showing up together is how we build the pressure needed to

This last week has been amazing as we have connected with you in your worksites and in our Zoom meetings, and hearing from so many of you about what this contract means to you.

We are thrilled to announce that all 8 bargaining units ratified our first Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with an overwhelming majority of YES votes. The total percentage of votes across all units combined was 86% yes!

What comes next?

• $800 ratification bonus
• Immediate job security/protections
• A legally binding grievance process takes effect
• Immediate regulations on contingent employees
• Enforceable quality of care and

After more than a year of organizing, bargaining, and a historic five-day strike, OFNHP and our Alliance siblings reached a complete Tentative Agreement with Kaiser Permanente. These agreements represent the culmination of months of coordinated organizing, bargaining, and solidarity among more than 62,000 healthcare workers across Kaiser Permanente.

Together, our Tentative Agreement locks in key economic improvements for the next contract, preserves all benefits under the National Agreement, and sets our union up for greater success in the future with alignment on a common expiration date