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American Red Cross (ARC) Oregon Nurses Association National Bargaining Update Bargaining Unit Newsletter July 7, 2015 In this issue National Bargaining Update – Pages 1 - 2 ONA ARC Officers Red Cross Union Coalition – Pages 2 - 6 President Supreme Court to Hear Case that Threatens Public Rich App, RN Health and Undermines Workers’ Voice – Page 6 Vice President Eduarda One Step Closer to a National Agreement DaSilva-Winterburn, LPN Secretary American Red Cross Union Coalition – July 6, 2015 Carolyne Kituyi, RN Our Union National Bargaining Healthcare Coverage with lower Treasurer committee continued meetings with deductibles. Jackie Armovit, RN American Red Cross in Washington DC We still have some outstanding issues to and came very close to reaching a Membership Chair continue negotiating over and your Lynn Sivaivai, LPN Tentative National Contract. When we committee will give fuller updates as we do, we will be creating a powerful, united Grievance Chair come closer to a Tentative National voice to enable us to tackle more and Matt Clark, RN Contract with National Red Cross! more issues together. Professional Nursing If we reach a Tentative Contract Care Committee We made significant progress on some Agreement, you will have the opportunity (PNCC) Chair – of our core issues including Wage Ann Marie Kessi, RN to vote to adopt the Agreement as an Increases Across the Board, Michelle Clembury, RN addendum, or addition to your local Ratification Bonus, and better Eduarda union contract. DaSilva-Winterburn, LPN Barb Tucker, RN Linda Wallace, RN ONA National Labor Relations Representative: Tresa Cavanaugh, JD 503-293-0011, ext. 312. [email protected] American Federation of State and County Municipal Employees (AFSCME) American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Communication Workers of America Oregon Nurses Association International Brotherhood of Teamsters 18765 SW Boones Ferry Road Suite Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 200, Tualatin OR 97062 1-800-634-3552 within Oregon United Auto Workers (UAW) www.OregonRN.org United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) United Steelworkers (USW) Page 2 AmericanPage 2 Red Cross National Bargaining Update Red Cross Union Coalition We represent unions, job titles, regions, and President/Business Agent at Teamsters Local 332 in experiences from across the country to fight for 1996. In 2000, Nina became the President of a strong national contract at the bargaining table. Teamsters Local 332 and in 2007, she became the We are united to fight for the same issues of Principal Officer of the Local. In addition to her workplace respect and safety to make the Principal Officer duties, she was appointed to the American Red Cross a better place to work. Michigan Teamsters Joint Council #43 Executive Board in 2013 as the Healthcare Advisor. Most recently, Nina Committee Leaders was appointed in April 2015 as a Trustee to Joint Mark Richard: Mark is a Council #43. Also in 2014, Nina was appointed as the nationally recognized labor Central Region Director of the International attorney. His union career Brotherhood of Teamsters Public Services Division started in 1973 when he under the leadership of IBT Director, Michael Filler. served as an organizer for American Federation of State and County Cesar Chavez on the farm Municipal Employees workers union inspired boycotts. He has helped AFSCME represents drivers and collection staff in negotiate hundreds of union Connecticut, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, contracts including industry Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia. leading agreements at American Airlines and Southwest Airlines. His law firm represents over 60 local unions and Internationals Scott Soares began including those from AFT, SEIU, AFSCME, IBT and working with AFSCME TWU. He was recently was involved in the ground Council 4 as a student employee negotiations arising out of the UsAir – AA at Central CT State merger and negotiations with the 100,000 member University and since Coalition of Unions with healthcare giant Kaiser. then he has worked On top of this, Mark is a college professor of Paralegal with AFSCME for 16 Studies and he is proud to serve as the president of years leading political the AFT local professors union at Miami Dade College. and organizing campaigns with Nina Bugbee, members in Connecticut. Scott began working with International Red Cross members in 2008 through many contract Brotherhood of campaigns, including three strikes. Scott also Teamsters: Nina earned represents 25 locals of education workers, municipality a Bachelor of Science in workers, paraprofessionals, custodians, secretaries, Nursing from Olivet and linesman across CT. Scott is a leader in his Nazarene University in community as he has served on his Democratic Town 1981 and she has been a Committee since 2008 and the Board of Education licensed Registered Nurse in Newington CT. in the State of Michigan for 33 years. She became a Teamster member in 1982, RN Union Steward in 1988 and became the Vice Continued on page 3 Oregon Nurses Association | 18765 SW Boones Ferry Road Suite 200 | Tualatin OR 97062 | 1-800-634-3552 within Oregon | www.OregonRN.org Page 3 AmericanPage 2 Red Cross National Bargaining Update Red Cross Union Coalition Continued from page 2 Dalia Thornton footsteps of her mother who was a proud UAW is the Assistant Director of the Department of Research member who worked at Wayne State University and Collective Bargaining Services at AFSCME. in Detroit. At AFSCME, Dalia’s core job function is assisting Ellen Wallace has been a UAW member since 1986 affiliates in all aspects of collective bargaining. She and held various leadership positions in her union has led public sector negotiations for the union in including shop steward and local union president. homecare, higher education, transportation and K-12 She served as a union officer for nine years before schools as well as emergency medical responders becoming a member of the International UAW staff as and the American Red Cross in the private sector. the Sub-Regional Director of UAW Region 9A in New Dalia also conducts collective bargaining and contract England. Ellen has bargained hundreds of contracts campaign trainings for affiliates nationwide. Dalia and has extensive experience with contract earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics with a enforcement, organizing, and advocating for worker focus on Labor Economics from the University of rights legislation. Recently, Ellen assisted Patrice Colorado. She went on to earn a master’s degree in Shaw, UAW Local 2322 unit chair for the Red Cross Political Science with an emphasis in American and members in Manchester during contract negotiations International Politics from Colorado State University. with the Red Cross. This contract fight cemented their United Auto Workers (UAW) commitment to work with the National Coalition of Unions to win a strong national contract. UAW represents Red Cross drivers, collection staff, donor representatives, and lab technicians in American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Manchester, NH and Detroit, MI. AFT represents healthcare workers in the Pennsylvania Crystal Isaac -New Jersey Region as part of the Health Professionals is a Donor and Allied Employees (HPAE) and nurses in Oregon Representative with the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA). for Red Cross Ann Twomey in Detroit and is a Registered a proud Nurse, bargaining President of committee the HPAE, and member for Vice President UAW Local 771. on the (Left to Right: Patrice Shaw, Ellen Wallace and She joined the Crystal Isaac, UAW) Executive UAW in 2003 Council of the when she began working at the Red Cross in Detroit (Left to Right: Ann Twomey, Judy Merkowsky AFT. Ann and has bargained the last three contracts with the and Renee Conyers, AFT, HPAE :local 5103) began her Red Cross in Detroit. Crystal brings a unique lifelong career fighting for healthcare worker rights as a perspective as the only Donor Representative on the nurse at Englewood Hospital, where she led the drive National Bargaining Committee. She comes from a by Englewood's nurses to unionize in the early 1970s. strong union family where her father was a union Under Ann's leadership, HPAE has gone from a small member with a meatpacking company and then worked independent health care union into New Jersey's for the railroads for 42 years. She also follows in the Continued on page 4 Oregon Nurses Association | 18765 SW Boones Ferry Road Suite 200 | Tualatin OR 97062 | 1-800-634-3552 within Oregon | www.OregonRN.org Page 4 AmericanPage 2 Red Cross National Bargaining Update Red Cross Union Coalition Continued from page 3 largest health care union of 12,000 workers. Ann has in Milledgeville where he was part of a successful been recognized for her fearless leadership over the union organizing drive with the USW in 1991. As a years, receiving the NJ Governor's award for representative for the USW, Darryl has negotiated Excellence in 1996, the Labor Leader of the Year by NJ contracts for over 10 years and leads contract Afl-Cio in 2013, and she most recently appeared on the negotiations for USW workers at a marble mine a 2015 NJPoliticker nd galvanize company. Darryl comes from a strong Labor Power List. Steelworker family as his father was a USW member for 30 years with U.S. Steel in Cleveland OH. Sandra Lane works with HPAE Communications Workers of America (CWA) healthcare workers CWA represents Donor specialists, MUAs, and to fight for strong collection staff in Albany, Syracuse and Buffalo NY, contracts and public Wilkes-Barre and Johnstown PA, and Norfolk VA. policy across NJ and PA. She worked with Bill Ratajczak has worked for Red Cross in Buffalo for Red Cross Local 36 years, where he (Left to Right: Renee Conyers, and 5103 presidents was part of the Sandra Lane, AFT, HPAE :local 5103) Renee Conyers, union organizing Judy Merkowsky, and other dedicated members during drive with CWA in contract negotiations including a three-week strike in 1980.