MultiCare - Bargaining Begins

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Your Bargaining Team, Left to Right: Glen Steele, Yvette Broeckel, Kelly Gusman, Julianna Van Enk, Gregg Barney, Patricia Brown, Not Pictured: Alexis Dotts, Heidi Strub, Jamie Fenton, Kurtis Chaffin, Rochelle Brummer, Ryan Boyd, Sammy Bainivalu, Teri Kruse, Wanda Rodriguez-Ramos

Your Bargaining Team met virtually with MultiCare Management for the first time on Wednesday January 27. After months of preparation including the bargaining survey, extensive market research, and the kick-off event, the team passed to Management our first bargaining proposal!

While there are many issues your Bargaining Team plans to address, our initial proposal focused on non-economic issues and standardizing language between contracts. 

Here’s a sample of what we proposed:

  • Successorship: Proposed strengthened language that would ensure our contract would survive any potential sale or transfer of ownership.

  • Staffing: Proposed a streamlined process for reporting staffing issues to MultiCare executives, removing existing roadblocks to finding staffing solutions. 

  • Schedules: Proposed that hard copy schedules be posted in each department at least 14 days in advance of the schedule’s effective date.

This is only the beginning—your Bargaining Team is currently working on additional proposals regarding wages/economics, healthcare, PTO/EIT, COVID-19 safety, and so much more. We want to get some of our less contentious proposals resolved before the larger issues—which will require a fight—dominate the table. 

Our next bargaining date is next Monday, February 1, followed by the 8, 10, 16, 22, and 26.

You’re Invited! Please join our next virtual MultiCare Campaign Update meeting on Wednesday, February 17 @ 7:30AM or 6:30PM. Hear the latest directly from your Bargaining Team:

Wednesday, February 17
7:30AM or 6:30PM
Contact your Bargaining Team or Union Rep for call-in details. Details will be also emailed out.