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St Charles Bend medical techs ratify first, 3-year contract; average 25% raises

(Update: Adding video, comments from workers) Union claims big advances; hospital claims they missed out on raises, are getting same salaries as others BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Medical techs, technologists and therapists at St. Charles Bend voted Wednesday to ratify their first union contract, a 3-year pact that the union says raises pay an average 25% and marks a new stage of labor peace and partnership with the hospital. But St. Charles issued a statement of its own that painted a very different picture of the contract, saying the workers missed out on raises they would have gotten since unionizing in late 2019 and are not getting larger raises or higher salaries than the non-union workers in similar positions at their other three hospitals are getting.

Labor Unions Want Biden to Cancel Student Debt for Public Service Workers, Report Says

Mike Pont/WireImage/Getty Images 15 labor unions called on the DOE to fully cancel student debt for public service workers through executive action. They cited problems with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, in which 98% of applicants were rejected. This follows Biden s request for the DOE to prepare a memo on his authority to cancel up to $50,000 in debt per person. Student-debt cancelation was a major theme of the 2020 presidential campaign, and the issue is only gaining momentum. On Thursday, 15 of the largest labor unions in the country called on Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to fully erase debt for borrowers who have worked in public service for more than a decade. 

St Charles Workers Agree On Contract

St. Charles Workers Agree On Contract Union workers at St. Charles Medical Center ratified their first contract Wednesday. The medical techs, technologists, and therapists first voted to unionize in 2019 and voted to strike for nine days in March. “We have won a groundbreaking new contract, which raises our wages an average of 25% and ensures that we have a strong voice at work.” says Frank Dewolf, a technologist in the Cardiac Cath Lab. “This contract proves, once again, that when you come together as a union you can accomplish what isn’t possible alone,” says Randi Weingarten, the president of the 1.7 million member American Federation of Teachers, of which OFNHP is an affiliate.  “I am so proud of the newest members of the OFNHP and AFT family who organized for years and fought fiercely at the bargaining table and on the picket line to win a fair first contract. This historic agreement delivers on their faith with immediate boosts to pay and conditions and a perman

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