St. Michael Medical Center RN Bargaining Continues

“Management showed they are out of touch by trying to increase our work instead of finding solutions on recruitment and retention.” -Anne Burns, RN

Our Bargaining Team: Anne Burns, Brett Moore, Cindy Franck, Kimberly Fraser McMillan, Michael Nord, Tammy Olson

Our Bargaining Team met with management again on February 8, continuing contract negotiations for nurses at St. Michael Medical Center. Our meeting was not very productive, with management failing to have a comprehensive response to our recent proposals, citing the need for additional research. The only proposal they had was a package, which offered an increase to the per diem premium so long as we agreed to larger work commitments for per diems in exchange.

Our bargaining team had already proposed an increase to the per diem premium in the hopes to recruit and retain employees, but adding more work commitments in exchange will only push more nurses to leave. We are not interested in their package proposal and intend to reject the change at our next session.

We are scheduled to meet with the employer again on February 15, which we hope will be more productive than our last meeting.

You’re Invited! March 9 @ 6:00PM

Attend regular Contract Action Team (CAT) meetings to hear the latest updates regarding negotiations, plan actions to pressure management, and learn how to get your co-workers involved. Our next meeting is being held virtually Wednesday, March 9 @ 6:00PM