Capital Medical Center Bargaining Update - SIGN THE PETITION

“We need everyone to show solidarity against MultiCare’s takeaways by signing the petition.”

Bargaining Team: Adam Swigart, Julie Hinchcliff, and Maureen Ciglia

Our Bargaining Team met with Management again on November 1 to continue negotiations.

We were looking forward to receiving the Employer’s counteroffer on wages, however, we were again disappointed when Management failed to have a proposal ready. While we did continue to make further progress on non-economic language issues, it’s frustrating that the Employer has decided to stall on wages.

Furthering our frustration is Management’s insistence that we replace our Paid Time Off (PTO) and Extended Illness Bank (EIB) with MultiCare’s standard program. Your Bargaining Team has completed a full analysis of how the proposal would affect every member and, while some members would actually gain some PTO, others would stand to lose a significant amount of PTO. The situation is even worse with MultiCare’s EIB proposal because every benefited employee would have their EIB accrual rate reduced by about 40%! 

We simply cannot accept such proposal as your Bargaining Team firmly believes we need a contract that benefits EVERY member; accordingly, we have officially rejected the proposal. We find it unacceptable that the Employer has decided to propose takeaways when they should instead work on more important issues such as our current staffing crisis.

Please sign the petition demanding that MultiCare keep their hands off our PTO and EIB, instead focusing on solutions to help Capital Medical Center recruit and retain high quality staff. Scan the QR code or go to:
bit.ly/CMC-Petition

UPCOMING VOTE: As mentioned in a previous bargaining update, we have tentatively agreed to new healthcare premium rates that will become effective next year if approved by a vote of membership. Due to the time sensitive nature of the changes, we will be conducting a special membership vote in the coming weeks on the changes separate from the eventual vote on the entire contract. More details regarding the vote will be shared next week.

Join our first virtual Contract Action Team (CAT) meeting to hear the latest directly from your Bargaining Team!
Wednesday, November 10
6:30 PM
Contact your Bargaining Team for Zoom details. Details will also be emailed out.