Lane County home care and hospice workers authorize strike, but hold out hope for future negotiations

Lane County home care and hospice workers authorize strike, but hold out hope for future negotiations
KEZI-TV (Eugene, OR); 12/29/23
Springfield, OR—PeaceHealth home and hospice care nurses represented by the Oregon Nurses Association voted this week to authorize a strike, but one will not be called immediately. Jo Turner, a hospice nurse and member of ONA’s executive committee at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Home Care Services, said at a press conference on Friday that a “significant majority” of nurses voted between December 27 and 28 to authorize the strike, but a decision to go on strike is not one that is taken lightly. “We are not calling for a strike—yet,” she said.