<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0NpHsy_1Fca2HwB00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0NpHsy_1Fca2HwB00" width="990" height="749" >MEDFORD, Ore.– The contract between over 1,000 Rogue Regional Medical Center nurses and Asante is expiring this week, but there’s no indication that nurses are going anywhere.The Oregon Nurses Association, who represents the RRMC nurses, say nurses often work through the end of collective bargaining agreements, as their protections roll over.Asante and the ONA-represented nurses will meet twice this week.Asante says the two sides have had ‘<a href="https://www.asante.org/faq/#Bargaining-Updates">expansive discussion on scheduling</a>’ recently, including on-call scheduling, the level of staff on the schedule, mandatory call-offs, flexing, and more.<blockquote>“When nurses have staffing and support that they need, they can focus on what matters the most, and that’s the patients in front of them. So those are of recently the, the biggest topics that we’re discussing at the table,” said RRMC Emergency Room Nurse Heather Hicks.</blockquote>The ONA has previously complained that Asante is “<a href="https://www.oregonrn.org/page/AsanteAsksNursestoWaiveRights">creating a staffing crisis by refusing to follow nurses’ contract and Oregon law</a>”.It’s referring to a 2023 state law, that Asante says the Oregon Health Authority is misinterpreting.<a href="https://impact.asante.org/">Asante’s own website says</a> its accrued over $1.56 million in penalties due to the law, while just below, it says the actual number should be over $44,000.© 2026 KOBI-TV NBC5. All rights reserved unless otherwise stated.</div></body>

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MEDFORD, Ore.– The contract between over 1,000 Rogue Regional Medical Center nurses and Asante is expiring this week, but there’s no indication that nurses are going anywhere. The Oregon Nurses Association, who represents the RRMC nurses, say nurses often work through the end of collective bargaining agreements, as...

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