“We’re diligently working on the issues you told us matter, while MultiCare continues to push for the status quo.”

Your Bargaining Team: Alexis Dotts, Glen Steele, Gregg Barney, Heidi Strub, Jamie Fenton, Julianna Van Enk, Kelly Gusman, Kurtis Chaffin, Patricia Brown, Ryan Boyd, Sammy Bainivalu, Teri Kruse, Wanda Rodriguez-Ramos, Yvette Broeckel

Your Bargaining Team met with Management again on February 22 and 26. It was more of the same from Management as they continue their refusal to budge on most issues, responding with “status quo” every time we meet.

Frustrated with the Employer’s unwillingness to move, your Bargaining Team responded by making an aggressive proposal on healthcare, retirement, and wage premiums, which included:

• Proposal to lower the eligibility requirements for full healthcare benefits,

• Proposal to lock-in our current healthcare costs through 2024,

• Proposal to increase the Employer’s contributions into our retirement plans,

• Proposal to increase wage premiums (shift differential, weekend premium, etc.).

We also made a proposal to ensure that the upcoming move of Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital to the new facility will be conducted with as little disruption to our members as possible.

We are fighting to ensure that all the contractual benefits currently enjoyed by member’s will continue without interruption at the new facility.

Your Bargaining Team will meet with Management again on Tuesday, March 9, then again on March 16, 23, 30 and, if necessary, April 6, 13, 20, 27. Our contracts were scheduled to expire on February 28, however, we signed an extension agreement with the employer so that our contracts continue in full force and effect as we move forward with negotiations.

Tell the Bargaining Team about the staffing issues in your department, please spend 5-10 minutes to complete the MultiCare Staffing Survey.

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