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Healthcare union elections in Oregon
68 union petitions since Jan 2023 at 9 healthcare employers hiring in Oregon, by the National Labor Relations Board's record: unions won 32 elections and 1 petitions are pending. Workers at public hospitals organize under Oregon law instead, outside this record.
Providence, Samaritan Health Services, Legacy Health, Hillsboro Medical Center, Mt Tabor Health & Rehabilitation, St. Charles Health System, Cascadia Health, Volare Health, Salem Health.
Union petitions in Oregon
Newest first. Each employer opens its page, with its open jobs.
| Filed | Employer | Workers | Union | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2026 | ProvidencePortland, OR | Not described | Oregon Nurses Association | Pending |
| 11 Sep 2026 | ProvidenceOregon City, OR | professional employees86 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | The union won, 55 to 10 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | ProvidencePortland, OR | registered nurse (“RN”) nurse navigators, RN infusion nurses, and senior infusion RNs30 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association AFT | No union, 13 to 17 |
| 19 Aug 2026 | Samaritan Health ServicesCorvallis, OR | primary care physicians, physician associates, and nurse practitioners117 eligible | Northwest Medicine United, Local 6552, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO | The union won, 82 to 13 |
| 26 Jun 2026 | ProvidenceMilwaukie, OR | professional employees47 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | The union won, 31 to 6 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | Legacy HealthPortland, OR | Not described | SEIU Local 49 | Petition withdrawn |
| 18 May 2026 | Hillsboro Medical CenterHillsboro, OR | professional employees2 eligible | Oregon AFSCME Council 75 | No union, 0 to 2 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | ProvidenceHood River, OR | Not described37 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | The union won, 25 to 3 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Mt Tabor Health & RehabilitationPortland, OR | licensed practical nurses (LPN), certified nursing assistants (CNA), certified...75 eligible | Service Employees International Union, Local 503, OPEU | The union won, 36 to 17 |
| 9 Mar 2026 | ProvidencePortland, OR | professional employees201 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | The union won, 126 to 37 |
| 26 Feb 2026 | ProvidenceHood River, OR | Not described98 eligible | SEIU Local 49 | The union won, 52 to 32 |
| 20 Jan 2026 | ProvidencePortland, OR | per dem technical employees81 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | The union won, 47 to 20 |
| 29 Dec 2025 | St. Charles Health SystemBend, OR | Not described7 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | No union, 0 to 7 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | ProvidencePortland, OR | technical employees269 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | The union won, 181 to 49 |
| 28 Aug 2025 | Hillsboro Medical CenterHillsboro, OR | registered nurses11 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | No union, 2 to 8 |
| 17 Jul 2025 | ProvidenceNewberg, OR | Not described7 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | No union, 0 to 6 |
| 20 Jun 2025 | ProvidencePortland, OR | wound ostomy registered nurses4 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | No union, 0 to 4 |
| 17 Jun 2025 | ProvidencePortland, OR | Not described6 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | No union, 1 to 5 |
| 10 Jun 2025 | St. Charles Health SystemBend, OR | including11 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | No union, 0 to 9 |
| 6 Jun 2025 | Hillsboro Medical CenterHillsboro, OR | non-professional employees18 eligible | Oregon AFSCME Council 75 | No union, 9 to 5 |
| 6 Jun 2025 | Hillsboro Medical CenterHillsboro, OR | professional employees20 eligible | Oregon AFSCME Council 75 | No union, 4 to 11 |
| 21 May 2025 | Legacy HealthPortland, OR | supplemental and per diem registered nurses211 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association, affiliated with American Federation of Teachers | The union won, 109 to 16 |
| 21 May 2025 | ProvidencePortland, OR | service and maintenance employees1,099 eligible | Service Employees International Union, Local 49, AFL-CIO | The union won, 588 to 171 |
| 15 May 2025 | Cascadia HealthPortland, OR | Not described | American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Council 75 | Petition withdrawn |
| 22 Apr 2025 | Hillsboro Medical CenterHillsboro, OR | Not described | Oregon AFSCME Council 75 | Petition withdrawn |
| 22 Apr 2025 | Hillsboro Medical CenterHillsboro, OR | Not described | Oregon AFSCME Council 75 | Petition withdrawn |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Hillsboro Medical CenterHillsboro, OR | Not described | Oregon AFSCME Council 75, Local 97 | Petition withdrawn |
| 25 Mar 2025 | ProvidencePortland, OR | echo-cardiology registered nurses (stress test RNs)3 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | No union, 0 to 3 |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Legacy HealthPortland, OR | Not described | Oregon Nurses Association | Petition withdrawn |
| 14 Feb 2025 | ProvidencePortland, OR | nurse practitioners8 eligible | Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association, AFT Local 6552 | No union, 1 to 7 |
| 14 Feb 2025 | St. Charles Health SystemBend, OR | Not described | Oregon Nurses Association | Petition withdrawn |
| 7 Jan 2025 | Legacy HealthPortland, OR | Not described | Oregon American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Council 75 | Petition withdrawn |
| 13 Dec 2024 | Legacy HealthPortland, OR | physicians34 eligible | Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association, American Federation of Teachers Local 6552, AFL-CIO | The union won, 17 to 13 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | Legacy HealthPortland, OR | physicians84 eligible | Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association, American Federation of Teachers Local 6552, AFL-CIO | The union won, 54 to 8 |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Legacy HealthPortland, OR | nurse practitioners and physician assistants57 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | The union won, 45 to 1 |
| 3 Sep 2024 | Volare HealthPortland, OR | licensed practical nurses87 eligible | Service Employees International Union Local 503, Oregon Public Employees Union | No union, 2 to 41 |
| 7 Jun 2024 | Legacy HealthPortland, OR | Not described | Oregon Nurses Association | Petition withdrawn |
| 5 Jun 2024 | St. Charles Health SystemBend, OR | full- time, part- time, and per diem (relief) registered nurse case managers...19 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | No union, 1 to 17 |
| 6 May 2024 | ProvidencePortland, OR | group A - (professionals) included217 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | The union won, 135 to 39 |
| 26 Apr 2024 | Hillsboro Medical CenterHillsboro, OR | Not described | Oregon Nurses Association | Petition withdrawn |
| 25 Mar 2024 | ProvidenceMilwaukie, OR | associate certified nurse assistants and nursing assistants27 eligible | Service Employees International Union Local 49 | No union, 0 to 12 |
| 11 Mar 2024 | ProvidencePortland, OR | Not described182 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | The union won, 121 to 15 |
| 8 Feb 2024 | ProvidencePortland, OR | hospitalist nurse practitioners6 eligible | Youtz & Valdez, P.C. | No union, 0 to 6 |
| 6 Feb 2024 | ProvidencePortland, OR | advanced practice providers45 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association, affiliated with American Federation of Teachers | The union won, 31 to 11 |
| 29 Jan 2024 | ProvidencePortland, OR | Not described5 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | No union, 0 to 4 |
| 8 Jan 2024 | ProvidencePortland, OR | VOTING GROUP - UNIT A (EXISTING PROFESSIONAL UNIT)491 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | No union, 13 to 192 |
| 29 Dec 2023 | ProvidencePortland, OR | physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners73 eligible | Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association | The union won, 58 to 4 |
| 19 Dec 2023 | Legacy HealthPortland, OR | biomedical technicians and imaging services technicians27 eligible | International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 701 | The union won, 22 to 4 |
| 7 Dec 2023 | Legacy HealthPortland, OR | nurse practitioners and physician assistants49 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | The union won, 40 to 0 |
| 29 Nov 2023 | Legacy HealthPortland, OR | Not described | Oregon Nurses Association | Petition withdrawn |
| 9 Nov 2023 | Legacy HealthPortland, OR | Not described29 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | The union won, 24 to 0 |
| 18 Oct 2023 | Legacy HealthGresham, OR | hospitalists, OB hospitalists and pediatric hospitalists21 eligible | Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association, American Federation of Teachers Local 6552, AFL-CIO | The union won, 16 to 0 |
| 18 Oct 2023 | Legacy HealthTualatin, OR | hospitalists, OB hospitalists and pediatric hospitalists26 eligible | Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association, American Federation of Teachers Local 6552, AFL-CIO | The union won, 23 to 0 |
| 18 Oct 2023 | Legacy HealthPortland, OR | hospitalists, OB hospitalists and pediatric hospitalists31 eligible | Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association, American Federation of Teachers Local 6552, AFL-CIO | The union won, 23 to 3 |
| 11 Oct 2023 | ProvidencePortland, OR | social workers, lead social workers, registered nurses, chaplains, and lead chaplains19 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | The union won, 13 to 3 |
| 29 Sep 2023 | Cascadia HealthPortland, OR | mental health aid I, mental health aid II, and peer wellness specialists6 eligible | Oregon AFSCME Council 75, Local 1790-004 | The union won, 2 to 0 |
| 29 Sep 2023 | Legacy HealthPortland, OR | hospitalists, OB hospitalists and pediatric hospitalists69 eligible | Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association, American Federation of Teachers Local 6552, AFL-CIO | The union won, 57 to 1 |
| 20 Sep 2023 | Salem HealthSalem, OR | Not described | Teamsters Local Union No. 670 | Petition withdrawn |
| 13 Sep 2023 | ProvidencePortland, OR | palliative care physicians4 eligible | Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association | No union, 0 to 4 |
| 13 Sep 2023 | ProvidencePortland, OR | home health and hospice physical therapists, occupational therapists, licensed...9 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | No union, 1 to 7 |
| 25 Aug 2023 | ProvidencePortland, OR | Not described | Oregon Nurses Association | Petition withdrawn |
| 9 Aug 2023 | St. Charles Health SystemRedmond, OR | relief maintenance engineer I and maintenance engineer II employees7 eligible | International Union of Operating Engineers Local 701 | The union won, 4 to 3 |
| 7 Jun 2023 | ProvidencePortland, OR | Not described69 eligible | Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association | The union won, 54 to 8 |
| 5 May 2023 | ProvidencePortland, OR | Not described | Oregon Nurses Association | Petition withdrawn |
| 10 Mar 2023 | ProvidencePortland, OR | registered nurses15 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association, Local 5905, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO | The union won, 14 to 1 |
| 27 Feb 2023 | ProvidencePortland, OR | occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech language pathologists, licensed...165 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association | No union, 31 to 123 |
| 22 Feb 2023 | ProvidenceMedford, OR | physicians, nurse practioners, and physician assistants20 eligible | Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association | The union won, 17 to 0 |
| 22 Feb 2023 | ProvidencePortland, OR | advanced clinical track OB/GYN physicians, certified nurse midwives, and nurse...46 eligible | Oregon Nurses Association, Local 5905, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO | The union won, 39 to 4 |
Employers hiring in Oregon with a petition
Healthcare union elections in Oregon: common questions
Which hospitals and healthcare employers in Oregon unionized recently?
Unions won 32 elections in Oregon since Jan 2023 at employers hiring on this site, the latest: Providence, professional employees in Oregon City, OR (Oregon Nurses Association), filed 11 Sep 2026: the union won, 55 to 10; Samaritan Health Services, primary care physicians, physician associates, and nurse practitioners in Corvallis, OR (Northwest Medicine United, Local 6552, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO), filed 19 Aug 2026: the union won, 82 to 13; Providence, professional employees in Milwaukie, OR (Oregon Nurses Association), filed 26 Jun 2026: the union won, 31 to 6; Providence, a unit of workers in Hood River, OR (Oregon Nurses Association), filed 15 Apr 2026: the union won, 25 to 3.
Which unions represent healthcare workers in Oregon?
By the elections won since Jan 2023: Oregon Nurses Association (12), Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association, American Federation of Teachers Local 6552, AFL-CIO (6), Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association (3) and Oregon Nurses Association, affiliated with American Federation of Teachers (2). Each won among one unit of workers at one site; older units are not in this window.
Are any union elections pending in Oregon?
1: Providence, a unit of workers in Portland, OR (Oregon Nurses Association), filed 4 Nov 2026.
Healthcare union elections in other states
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- Michigan
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Sources and method
A case is listed when the employer its petition names is one of the employers hiring on this site, matched by name and by its open jobs in the case's town. Cases filed since Jan 2023, read 9 Nov 2026. Every state.
- National Labor Relations Board case records (nlrb.gov), as copied nightly by labordata/nlrb-data
Cite this page
CareJobs.Now. (2026). Healthcare union elections in Oregon. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/healthcare-union-elections/oregon