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Uplift Oregon Featured in National Report on Lowering Healthcare Costs
Uplift Oregon is a RISE Partnership program that exists to support strong public services for all Oregonians. The Center for American Progress (CAP), a think tank based in Washington, DC, recently released a report, Employer- and Worker-Led Efforts To Lower Health...
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Uplift Oregon Featured in National Report on Lowering Healthcare Costs
Uplift Oregon is a RISE Partnership program that exists to support strong public services for all Oregonians. The Center for American Progress (CAP), a think tank based in Washington, DC, recently...
Rae Rawls Dunnaville on Her Success at RISE
Learn how Communications Innovation and Technology Analyst Rae Rawls Dunnaville is using her skills to support worker benefits and training with RISE Partnership.
Uplift Oregon 2021-2022 Annual Report
As a first-of-its-kind labor-management partnership, the founding partners of Uplift Oregon — the state of Oregon, SEIU 503, and AFSCME Council 75 — sought to address key issues facing the state...
Carewell Covers Medical Costs for Care Providers
In 2013, one in four Oregon homecare and personal support workers had no healthcare coverage. That’s why SEIU 503 members fought hard for the successful 2013-2015 homecare contract with the State of...
RISE’s Patsy Richards in the News
Patsy Richards, RISE's director of Long-Term CareWorks, was recently featured in articles on OPB.org and OregonLive.com for her work on a $200 million legislative package designed to support equity...
Introducing Uplift Oregon
In 2021, RISE Partnership launched Uplift Oregon, the program name for a labor-management partnership formed between the State of Oregon, and the unions SEIU 503 and AFSCME Council 75. Learn more...
Now hiring!
RISE Partnership is growing quickly! As an organization founded by union workers, we prioritize creating good jobs in a values-based culture in order to deliver outstanding benefits and training to...
RISE Leadership
Brian Rudiger serves as the chief executive officer of RISE Partnership, focusing on delivering excellent training and benefits education to over 80,000 Oregon workers in collaboration with six...