Members of the OHSU and AFSCME collective bargaining teams met Tuesday, March 29. Marking tangible progress, three tentative agreements were reached related to:

• Recognition of campus dispatchers as a separate bargaining unit.
• Employee use of email.
• The composition of the labor management committee.

OHSU proposals:

The OHSU team put forth several new proposals, including:

• Availability requirements for flex employees.
• Language regarding vacation requests, in an effort to increase approved vacations for more employees.
• Systems around availability of additional work and overtime scheduling. The new systems would continue to allow for seniority bidding of overtime, while expanding first-come, first-served sign-up.

AFSCME proposals:

The AFSCME team provided several proposals centered on the following:

• Increasing longevity rates to every five years.
• Increasing promotion rate minimum.
• Four new holidays, including a Memorandum of Understanding for floating holidays.
• For employees with promotional and lateral opportunities at OHSU, increasing test and interview leaves.
• Increasing the OHSU contribution toward insurance.
• Raising the maximum limit of flex staff, and adding benefits and adjustments related to flex staff probationary periods.
• Lowering parking rates for eligible employees and adjusting the price of TriMet passes.
• Lowering the number of hours employees must work to qualify for bargaining unit membership.

In addition to the new proposals, the teams also exchanged counter-proposals on matters raised in prior weeks.

Going forward:

All proposals and counter-proposals will be reviewed and discussed at upcoming collective bargaining sessions.

Next meeting date:

Collective bargaining will continue next Tuesday, April 5.