Strike Ends At The Rawlin; Workers Take Their Case To Oregon Statehouse
After two weeks, workers at The Rawlin memory care facility in Springfield have ended their strike. And half say they’re resigning from their jobs.
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Springfield nursing home strike ends with mass resignation
By Don McIntosh After 23 residents died in nine weeks, six from COVID, 85% of workers at the Rawlin memory care nursing home in Springfield, Oregon, signed union cards and went on strike Feb. 16 to demand union recognition. Though common in the 1930s, so-called “recognition strikes” are rare today. But nursing home workers felt conditions were too unsafe to wait months for a National Labor Relations Board election to prove majority support for joining Service Employees Local 503. Workers said they were motivated to strike in response to understaffing, severe patient neglect, inadequate tr...
Source: nwlaborpress.org