Grays Harbor Harbor Regional Health - RECRUITMENT • RETENTION • RESPONSIBILITY
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Your Bargaining Team: Daniel James, Debbie Sturm, Janet Byrd, Bambi Shope, Ricki Franklin (not pictured)
The UFCW Bargaining Committee has been negotiating for nearly three months and has challenged management by proposing aggressive wage increases. Management’s initial wage proposal acknowledged some wages are below the market but did not recognize many other underpaid jobs.
In response we have been hard at work, carefully reviewing current market wages in all local hospitals.
The hospital isn’t making the connection between wages and why people are leaving. They say that wages are only part of the problem. Management seems very interested in recruitment but not retention. There is little acknowledgement of the short staffing that has resulted in extra work for everyone.
The hospital has a responsibility to employees but also the community. Understaffed for a very long time, Harbor Regional Health offers services not available in other area hospitals, but community members are often making the drive to Olympia for their care.
We are scheduled to meet with management every week in July, but need you to add your voice to the bargaining table.
Talk to your coworkers and let them know what’s going on and stayed tuned for more information! For more information, talk to the Bargaining Committee or Union Representative Brandan Zielinski bzielinski@ufcw3000.org
