After hundreds of us marched on the picket line including nurses, techs and support services at Everett and Centralia on May 5, Providence continues to disrespect us at the table! We have worked through an entire pandemic short staffed and being undervalued! Providence is trying to frustrate us so we will accept a bad deal. We are essential workers and deserve more than what Providence is offering. 

On May 13, we discussed management’s proposals regarding PTO and daily/weekly overtime, stand-by pay, low census stand-by pay, and rest between shifts. One of the main reasons we unionized was to keep our EIB/PTO plan. Providence announced the elimination of EIB prior to bargaining, but never announced any changes to our PTO plan until we were in contract negotiations. Due to this change in the status quo, we filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board and they found merit in our case! This means that Providence must reinstate the original PTO plan. Although Providence can still challenge the charge, we need to show Providence that we want to keep our original PTO plan and they must bargain with us to change it! 

In addition, Providence has not moved away from their merit increase/ “minimum, midpoint, maximum” pay scale. We believe that we must take further action to move them away from this proposal which is a drastic deviation from all other union contracts with Providence. We will be holding a contract action team meeting to discuss bargaining and next steps on May 26.

In Solidarity, Your Tech Bargaining Team: Josh Wood (CT), Shapel Morgan (X-ray), Rae Lynn Korpi (RT), Colleen Castaneda (Cath Lab)

PSPH Contract Action Meeting 

Wednesday, May 26

6:30 PM

Contact your Bargaining Team or Union Rep for call-in details. Details will be also emailed out.

PCH will have in person meetings at Fort Borst Park in Centralia on Wednesday, May 26 from 1-3 pm, and Thursday, May 27 from 5-7 pm!