Capital Medical Center - We Have Reached an Agreement with MultiCare!

On April 1, 2021, MultiCare acquired Capital Medical Center from LifePoint. The Union was notified in February 2021 by MultiCare that they would be acquiring Capital Medical Center and we asked to bargain over the acquisition. Under the National Labor Relations Act, when a business is acquired by another company, the new company has the option of recognizing the current union contract or bargaining a completely new agreement. MultiCare agreed to most of our current contracts for the RN and Service/Tech/Office units, but wished to bargain over PTO, pay period, holiday worked premiums, and health benefits. 

We identified that under MultiCare’s proposals health insurance premiums would increase, and PTO accruals would decrease for full-time employees. We made proposals to provide bonuses to the two units to offset the health insurance premium increases and maintained that PTO accruals remain at status quo. MultiCare continually rejected our proposals around health insurance but accepted to keep PTO at status quo. 

As a team, we decided that the new health insurance plans were a slight improvement and that we will fight for reduced health insurance premiums in a few months for the Service/Tech/Office unit and we will bargain in 2022 for the RN unit. Additionally since April 1, MultiCare has incorrectly calculated full-time employees PTO. They have agreed to correcting everyone’s PTO accruals, but first must build a payroll system to calculate accruals. These accruals should be corrected by or before September 2021. 

Given that there are changes to the current contract, both units must vote to ratify the agreement. We will be voting on July 20 online from 12:01 AM to 8 PM. All union members in good standing will receive an email from Simply Voting on July 20 at 12:01 AM with a unique login ID to vote online. 

Your bargaining committee fully recommends a YES vote! 

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We will be going over the contract changes on Friday, July 16 @ 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM and 4 PM - 5 PM on Zoom. If you have any questions, you may also contact your union rep, Ian Jacobson (206) 436-6550. 

Vote Meetings on Friday, July 16

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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