St. Michael Medical Center Bargaining Update - Sign The Strike Pledge Card Today!
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St. Michael Medical Center
Bargaining Update - Sign The Strike Pledge Card Today!
Tuesday, July 7
Our Union Bargaining Team met with the Employer again on Tuesday, July 7, to continue negotiations for our next Union contract.
After more than a month of waiting for a response to our health care proposal, the Employer finally came back with a counterproposal. While we appreciate finally receiving a response, the numbers they proposed are not sufficient to keep up with projected increases in health insurance costs and would likely result in higher costs for workers.
Our Bargaining Team’s health care proposal was based on data provided by professional health care actuaries and is designed to ensure that the Employer bears the burden of projected cost increases instead of pushing those costs onto workers. Anything less increases the possibility that workers will pay more for their health care and our bargaining team believes any increases to workers is unacceptable, especially given the employer low offer on wage increases.
Frustrated but determined, our Bargaining Team got back to work and presented another comprehensive proposal for the Employer to review. Our proposal addresses many of the real needs workers are facing, including competitive market-based wages, affordable health insurance, and meaningful premium improvements. Our wage proposals did not make much movement, but they are in line with what the market is offering at other health care facilities and would help keep St. Michael competitive.
We stand by our proposals. They are realistic, data-driven, and necessary. The Employer, meanwhile, continues to act as if it can ignore the economic realities facing health care workers.
That became even more clear when the Employer sent back a second counterproposal later in the day. While they slightly increased their offer on health care, their movement on wages was minimal and insulting.
The Employer’s latest wage proposal is:
Year 1 (2026): 2.75%
Year 2 (2027): 2.50%
Year 3 (2028): 3.00%
Nothing will change until we take action. Many of your coworkers have already signed the Strike Pledge Card and are wearing Union stickers in the workplace. If you have not signed yet, now is the time!
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Our next bargaining date with the Employer is July 16, and we have proposed additional dates for the Employer’s consideration.
"A hospital’s greatest asset is its people. A contract that fails to value them fails everyone."
— Lara Williams-Graham
"A big waste of time."
— Bryson Andrews
Bargaining Team: Robel Haile, Clinical Pharmacist; Bryson Andrews, ED Tech; Olivia Almeida, Respiratory Therapist; Merry Brandt-MacFann, CT Technologist; Lara Williams-Graham, Certified Surgical Technologist; Angela Roberson, EP Technologist; Rob Shauger, CNA.
