St. Michael Medical Center RN We have reached an agreement!

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After six months of tough negotiations and a powerful, newsworthy informational picket, our determination paid off — we’ve reached a tentative agreement! After seventeen hours of bargaining, we were finally able to reach a settlement agreement around 3am on Tuesday, October 7! 

Highlights of the agreement: 

  • 18.5% total wage increases (plus annual step increases) from 2025 through 2028:

  • 12.5% in the first year alone (8.5% two pay periods after ratification + 4% in January 2026)

  • Secured employer retirement contributions for the life of the contract

  • Enhanced safety measures: 

  • Daily safety rounding on the 3rd floor between the Charge RN and lead security officer

  • Weapons detection system in the Emergency Department by September 2026

  • New incentive pay at time-and-a-half for .6 FTEs and above who work on their day off

  • Higher premium pay rates, including the highest charge/resource premium in the region by the end of the contract

  • Incentive pay for filling vacant mandatory call and short-notice call shifts

  • Dedicated break relief nurses to ensure rest and recovery

  • Staffing concerns (CSIs) can be escalated to the Department of Health through the Hospital Staffing Committee

  • On top of the above we have all of our previous tentative agreements! 

Our Union Bargaining Team recommends a “YES” vote!

Contract Review Meeting

We will be holding a Zoom meeting to review the contract offer on October 15 from 6pm—7pm. join the meeting!>>

Contract Vote Scheduled!

Join us in the Orchid/Iris Room (in the Harlow Building Ground Floor) on Friday, October 17 at one of the following times: 6am—9am, 11am—2pm, 6pm—8:30pm

We will be posting the vote documents on the UFCW 3000 SMMC RN contract page before October 17. 

This victory was made possible because nurses stood together. Every conversation at a Contract Action Team meeting, every nurse who walked the picket line, and every signature on a strike pledge card showed management that we were willing to fight to improve SMMC and patient care. 

Your solidarity made the difference — and this contract shows it.
When we stand together, we win together.

Our Bargaining Team: Lindsey Gearllach, Meredith Francisco, Tammy Olson, Kim Fraser, Janice Brown