Skip to main content

McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center Union Members Reach Deal

SEIU Local 49-affiliated health care workers have approved a three-year contract with raises and other benefits.
January 20, 2022
 
Image
Union members prepare for a strike in the rain beneath a tent. Boxes filled with signs are in the foreground.
SEIU-affiliated workers of McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield staged their picketing from a tent across the street from the hospital on Dec. 6, 2021. The union, which represents more than 420 workers, started a five-day strike that day. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

Health care workers at McKenzie Willamette Medical Center in Springfield overwhelmingly voted to approve a new contract, ending a protracted negoti