Providence St. Peter Hospital (Tech) - No Deal Reached
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On August 23, we met with Providence St. Peter’s. The Union Bargaining Team started the day drafting a wage proposal. We had to rethink and cost-out our proposal which took about six hours. While Providence may say that we wasted their time and hardly made movement, the reality is that our wage proposal is quite modest and we take drafting proposals very seriously.
Our proposal places everyone onto the wage scale depending on half your years of experience and a guarantee of a
6% wage increase upon ratification,
3% wage increase/ anniversary step increases/two-step progression for employees whose years of service do not match their wage step in 2021, and a 3% wage increase/ anniversary step increases/placement on the appropriate wage step dependent on your years of experience in 2022.
Our wage proposal takes into consideration the market and the two years of wage increases we have not received. Additionally, we have held that our EIB/PTO plan from 2019 must be reinstated. Our ULP around the PTO plan has moved to hearing since Providence believes there is no violation.
Meanwhile, Providence continues to propose eliminating EIB/a reduced PTO plan for employees with 10 years or more of service; a 4% guaranteed wage increase in 2021 and a two-step progression for employees whose years of service do not match their wage step, 1.5% wage increase in 2022,
1.5% wage increase in 2023; no increases to premiums; the ability to increase health insurance premiums; the ability to change the retirement plan;
$300 to $400 in education fund depending on your FTE.
Although we are getting closer to a deal you can see that wages and EIB/PTO are the biggest hurdles we are facing. During our session we had more than 10 community leaders join us and tell Providence that we need a fair contract now! We believe this action has shown Providence that we have the support of our community and patients.
We hope that we will get closer to a deal at our next session on Monday, August 30.
If you have any questions, please contact our Bargaining Team or Union Rep Erin McCoy @ 206-436-6598.
