Your Bargaining Team has reached a tentative agreement with management on new collective bargaining agreement for Conifer employees at St. Michael Medical Center. Your Bargaining Team unanimously recommends a “YES” vote! 

The proposed changes to the agreement include:

• Historic wage increases for every bargaining unit employee!

• Increased Paid Time Off (PTO) accrual rates for many employees,

• New reporting structure for safety and staffing concerns, requiring a written response from management,

• Posting of work schedules at least 14 days before the start of the schedule,

• Guaranteed four hours of pay when reporting to work but sent home due to an emergency, 

• And much more!

We are very excited about this tentative agreement, which we believe will help recruit and retain staff with significantly higher pay and improved working conditions.

The full details of the offer will be made available during our online vote meeting on Tuesday, January 4: 

It’s extremely important that members attend the zoom meeting to get a full understanding of the employer’s offer and have your questions answered. However, voting will not take place at this meeting.

We will be voting online via “SimplyVoting” on Wednesday, January 5 from 6:00AM to 8:00PM. You will be receiving an email from UFCW 21 via “SimplyVoting” with your unique login information. 

In order to vote, everyone needs to make sure their personal email is up to date in our records. If you did not receive this announcement via email, please visit ufcw21.org/update-your-information and update your information. If you do not receive an email to vote on Wednesday January 5, then please reach out to Union Representative Ryan Degouveia 360-662-1989 no later than 5PM on the day of the vote to provide an updated email address.