OMC Service - Our Bargaining Team Pushes Forward on Member Priorities
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OMC Service
Our Bargaining Team Pushes Forward on Member Priorities
Our Bargaining Team met with Olympic Medical Center on June 29 and continued advancing proposals that reflect the priorities members have been raising. Our Team came prepared and focused on language that protects seniority, strengthens job posting and transfer rights, and addresses scheduling concerns for Service workers.
Our Union passed proposals that would improve monthly status reports to the Union, strengthen new hire orientation access, and protect seniority rights in job openings, transfers, layoffs, recalls, promotions, and shift changes. Our Team also proposed language to address variable shifts, including protections against being scheduled for day, evening, and night shifts in the same workweek.
What Our Team Proposed
Protect seniority — Seniority should matter when it comes to layoffs, recalls, transfers, shift changes, promotions, and job vacancies when qualifications are equal.
Improve job posting rights — Our Union proposed that regular job openings be posted internally before being posted externally, giving current workers the first opportunity to apply.
Address work rotation and variable shifts — Our Team proposed protections so workers are not scheduled to work day shift, evening shift, and night shift in the same workweek. The proposal also protects workers from being required to rotate between day shift one week and night shift the following week.
Strengthen benefits and leave language — Our Union also passed proposals around lead pay, vacation scheduling, paid sick leave carryover, bereavement leave, and expanding the definition of immediate family to include family members such as niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, and first cousin.
What We Are Still Fighting For
Our Bargaining Team is continuing to fight for language that respects Service workers' work, protects seniority, creates fair access to job opportunities, improves transparency, and gives workers more stability in their schedules.
Next Bargaining Session
July 14, 2026
Stay United and Stay Ready
The strength of this campaign comes from members standing together. Our Team will continue to bring member priorities to the table and fight for a contract that protects OMC Service workers.
