Our Bargaining Team met with Management for most of the day on Thursday, September 21, 2023. While negotiations were not entirely unproductive, we continue to struggle to reach an agreement. The Employer has yet to offer a deal that would put case manager & utilization review RNs at 100% credit on the existing union pay scale. Some of us, as we know, have between two to four decades of experience both inside hospitals and in-home healthcare. The last proposal from PSPH would recognize only 50% of that experience at best, and in some cases it appears they would prefer not to include nursing experience outside a hospital setting. We are closer to agreement with them about what a minimum immediate wage increase would look like, however, with offers on both sides’ various proposals ranging from 2.5% to 3.25%.

We will continue to bargain in good faith but have not yet established our next joint session with the employer. We will also continue to demand our experience be recognized! We deserve a chance to vote on our Memorandum of Understanding and join our union siblings already covered by the RN union contract!

“Our experience, and our dedication to providing the highest quality of nursing care is vital to our patients, and indispensable to the operations of Providence St. Peter Hospital!”

—PSPH Case Manager Bargaining Committee

Bargaining Team, left to right: Alison Studeman, Case Manager RN; Melissa Macchiarella, Case Manager RN; Mary Briles, Case Manager RN.”