Workers employed at the Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital in the State of Oregon have overwhelmingly voted to form a Union with Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 49, successfully securing fair representation for Staff at all Samaritan Facilities. The new Bargaining Unit covers roles like nutrition services, housekeeping and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs). Workers were motivated to organize to secure the fair pay and affordable health care that their counterparts at other locations have won in their Collective Bargaining Agreements. “The Union is something so cool because you can make decisions together with administration,” CNA Adilson Nuñez said, “and we both create something that is good for us as Employees. We work together for a purpose - we work together for the same goal.” Local 49 Communications Director Alan Dubinsky said: “One of the ultimate goals in all of this is providing Workers with a better life through their contracts with good benefits and recognizing how that also helps the communities that they serve.”

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