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About 40 home care and hospice nurses are the latest group of St. Charles employees to form a union

Home health and hospice nurses from St. Charles Health System overwhelmingly voted to form a union with the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) Dec. 8, in an election supervised by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The nurses want input in local decision-making because they know what their patients need. By forming a union, they will ensure home health and hospice nurses receive fair treatment, access to due process and adequate compensation and local patients receive high-quality, accessib...

Home Health and Hospice nurses at St. Charles Health System in Bend filed for a union election to join the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) Oct. 5, 2022. A supermajority of nurses submitted union authorization cards to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) after St. Charles administration declined voluntary recognition. The NLRB will set a date for the nurses' union election in the next few weeks. "We are disappointed that St. Charles refused to recognize our union but we are deeply...