For months, the OHSU and AFSCME bargaining teams have been working toward a new agreement. Now, since AFSCME has declared impasse, the OHSU team has submitted its Final Offer to the state mediator.

OHSU's Final Offer includes many key enhancements to the current contract:

• Increased across-the-board wages of 6% the first year (split into two payments), 4% the second year and 3% the third year.
• A ratification bonus.
• Additional COVID-19 sick bank time.
• Increased opportunities for preceptor pay.
• New bereavement leave.
• Increased vacation time.
• Increased weekend differential.
• New Additional Need Incentive (ANI) — improved from existing Letters of Understanding.
• Increased shift differential pay.
• Increased education and training hours.
• Improvements to on-call, including callback pay for more people.

Additionally, more than 200 tentative agreements were reached over the course of the last several months, including:

• Increasing the OHSU-paid Hardship Fund to $200,000 per year.
• Increasing the inclement weather team premium from $12 to $15 per hour.
• A new float pool department differential of $1 per hour.
• A 5% increase in funding of the Labor Management Committee, with the total funding coming out to nearly $4.3 million over the three years.

Despite OHSU’s financial challenges — specifically, a nearly $90 million operating loss in the last fiscal year for the institution — the OHSU team worked hard to prioritize items that would benefit the most employees while remaining fiscally...

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