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Legacy in the News
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"Organizers have been trying to unionize about 3000 nurses at Legacy’s five Portland area sites for years. But [a Legacy nurse] says the company has taken all kinds of illegal steps to stop them -- from banning the distribution of leaflets in certain areas, to calling the police."
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Excerpt from OPB News article, "NLRB Issues Complaint Against Legacy Over Unionizing Activities"
Written by: Kristian Foden-Vencil
Published: Oct. 10, 2008
Read the complete OPB News article here.
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"The complaint issued by the Regional National Labor Relations Board says that Legacy had 'been interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of rights' guaranteed in the National Labor Relations Act."
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Excerpt from Portland Business Journal article, "Legacy Health System hit with complaint"
Published: Oct. 13, 2008
Read the complete Portland Business Journal article here.
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"A friendly reminder to staff of the National Labor Relations Board: your agency exists to protect the interests of workers -- not the employers who break the law."
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Excerpt from American Rights at Work webite article, "Workers Left Out of NLRB Settlement Process"
Written by: Erin Johansson
Published: Nov. 14, 2008
Read the complete American Rights at Work article here.
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"If initial comments from local activists and members of the neighborhood’s Northwest District Association are any barometer, Legacy can expect an extended siege over the plans... ."
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Excerpt from Portland Tribune article, "Good Sam parking plan panned:
Hospital looks to add offices to attract and retain doctors"
Written by: Peter Korn
Published: July 3, 2008
Read the complete Portland Tribune article here.
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"Legacy Health System’s plans to significantly expand Legacy Emanuel Hospital may be delayed due to concerns over the health care bond market."
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Excerpt from Portland Business Journal article, "Legacy Postpones Bond Sale"
Published: Sept. 30, 2008
Read the complete Portland Business Journal article here.
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"Few places are as well-served by public transportation as Legacy Good Samaritan hospital...Which is why we can’t fathom why Legacy...thinks it needs a five-story, 600-space parking garage on Northwest 22nd Avenue."
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Excerpt from Willamette Week's Rogue of the Week article,
"Legacy Good Samaritan: Please, go by streetcar"
Written by: Editorial Staff
Published: July 2, 2008
Read the complete Willamette Week article here.
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Prior Housekeeping Cuts at Legacy *
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"From 2003-2005 Legacy hospitals' housekeeping hours and/or housekeeping expenditures did not keep pace with patient days. The following analysis provides numerical support to anecdotal evidence that nurses, out of concern for their patients' safety, have been forced to add housekeeping duties onto their already overburdening workload. Less housekeeping hours for more patients suggests that a sanitary and infection-free environment at Legacy hospitals is at risk. The trend of nurses performing non-nursing work on top of already stressful nursing is likely to continue unless the hospital reverses its misplaced priorities.
From 2003-2005 Good Samaritan cut housekeeping in both absolute and effective hours and expenditures. Both Emanuel and Mt. Hood increased housekeeping expenditures, but kept housekeeping hours constant. All three of these hospitals reported an increase in patient days over the same period, meaning that housekeeping hours per patient day decreased. Meridian Park reported a decrease in patient days, which made Meridian Park the only one of the four Oregon hospitals that reported an increase in housekeeping hours per patient day."
Excerpt from the November 7, 2007 report, Housekeeping cuts at Legacy Hospitals.
 Click here to download this 12 page report in MS Word.
* Legacy Hospital System has responded
to these charges. United Nurses of Legacy/AFT Healthcare NW will continue to
monitor Legacy to ensure safe patient care and fair treatment of nurses.
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History of Unsanitary Conditions at Emanuel *
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In 2005 Legacy told state investigators to eat off the floors.
In 2005, Legacy welcomed state investigators "to come in and 'eat off the floors' of our facilities any time."
Source: Oregon Healthcare Licensure and Certification, Complaint #05-123.
Then the state investigators found dirty floors.
In February, 2006, state investigators found that floors and other surfaces in the Adult Day Surgery Unit "showed evidence of excessive marking, accumulated dirt and chipped paint with exposed metal."
Source: Oregon Health Division, Health Care Licensure and Certification, Complaint #06-44
In July, 2006, a patient's family reported to state investigators that an incontinent patient "soiled the floor in his/her room" and "the floor was not mopped until two days later".
Source: Oregon Health Division, Health Care Licensure and Certification, Complaint #06-84
In November, 2007, state investigators found that "Dirt and debris had accumulated in the cracks and indentations" in the "lower level of the east wing", as "The hallway flooring was cracked, split, and pitted."
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
* Legacy Hospital System has responded
to these charges. United Nurses of Legacy/AFT Healthcare NW will continue to
monitor Legacy to ensure safe patient care and fair treatment of nurses.
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Past Fire code violations at Legacy Emanuel *
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When state investigators inspected Legacy Emanuel last November, they found over 30 fire code violations. One of the most serious was the hospital's failure to have a back up in case the fire alarm system went down.
The investigators noted, "The cumulative effect of these systemic problems resulted in the hospital's failure to ensure life safety from fire and resulted in immediate jeopardy to the health and safety of patients and staff."
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 11/28/07
* Legacy Hospital System has responded
to these violations. United Nurses of Legacy/AFT Healthcare NW will continue to
monitor Legacy to ensure safe patient care and fair treatment of nurses.
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UNITED NURSES OF LEGACY ARCHIVES
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Click here to download the Fire Code Plan of Correction
