As many of you know, this week begins our campaign for a new union contract at Kaiser. We start with local bargaining and then head into national bargaining later in the spring as a part of the Alliance of Healthcare Unions. We have a bargaining team for local bargaining that will start sending out bargaining updates as soon as we head to the table, and at Contract Action Team (CAT) that will keep you informed on what's happening with the campaign.
Here are a few ways we'd like you to start showing solidarity:
1. Starting on March12th and continuing for the following several weeks, CAT members will be sharing Alliance stickers and buttons that you can wear to show solidarity. These are a great way to ensure that we have a common message amongst all Alliance locals: one voice, one future. You can pick these up at the Tigard office and leaders and staff will bring them into the worksite to share. This is a great opportunity for CAT members to introduce themselves and have conversations about what's at stake in this campaign.
2. Every Tuesday we will be wearing red! These are our union colors and we want everyone to see how much union solidarity there is (especially the bosses). Remind your coworkers, bring out your OFNHP swag, and take photos! Click here for the Red Up Tuesday poster.
3. Post on Social Media: We need as much public traction on social media as we possibly can. Please take photos of yourself and your coworkers wearing union and Alliance swag, take videos discussing what you are fighting for this year, and use the hashtag #onevoiceonefuture since that it our campaign's slogan. Make your posts public, remind your coworkers, and tag OFNHP so we can share them. If you don't use social media, you can still help by taking photos and sending them to SBurley@ofnhp.org so we can post them on official OFNHP social media. Click here if you want to join our Social Media Rapid Response WhatsApp thread so you can elevate your social media activism!
Make sure to check out all of our public social media platforms (which all use the name @ofnhp) so you can share our content as well, but posting on your own social media account is the best choice!
Also make sure to add yourself to the Facebook Group for your unit.
4. If you are in online meetings feel free to use both our Teams icon and our Teams background to show your union pride!