Our bargaining committee was excited to share the Tentative Agreement we reached with Harbors Home Health & Hospice at our three vote meetings on Friday, May 31. Judging from the vote results, we feel that our coworkers were excited about the offer as well—which is now in full force and effect after members voted overwhelmingly in support to ratify the new contract.
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After almost eight months of Negotiations with Harbors Home Health & Hospice, your bargaining committee is excited to announce we have reached a Tentative Agreement on a new union contract!
After management arrived to the bargaining table proposing not only to sunset (do-away-with) the Sound Health & Wellness health insurance plan, but also proposing a zero-percent increase to the wage scales, the Committee knew we would be in for a fight—not just to maintain these Union benefits—but to ensure our dedication to our patients and our communities was recognized by our Employer with a fair contract!
With support from our coworkers across the organization, your bargaining team persevered.
We are now proud to present a Tentative Agreement which maintains the Sound Health & Wellness insurance benefits plan, the 20-Step Wage Scales which reward our longevity at Harbors Home Health, but also offers:
Wage Increases to all Job Classifications!
$500 Ratification Bonus!
Adjustments to our Wage & Step level based on years of service with Harbors!
Increased Premiums, Education Funds, & Certification Pay!
Additional Vacation time!
& more!...
Vote on the Agreement and learn more about the wins we achieved this cycle!
Join us on May 31!
HHH&H Long Beach Office (Conference Table)
1600 S Pacific Ave # 2, Long Beach, WA 98631
7AM – 9AM
HHH&H Hoquiam Office (Conference Room)
201 7th St, Hoquiam, WA 98550
12PM – 2PM
5PM – 7PM
Shelbie had heard that the Union contract was about to expire and discovered that there was no one at the Long Beach location of Harbors Home Health and Hospice to represent them in these negotiations. So she volunteered to serve on the bargaining committee both for herself and coworkers. As bargaining unfolded, she learned more about the rights the contract provided her and how important it was to enforce it.
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“When it comes to our hardworking staff at Harbors Home Health- it’s quality over quantity. We should be focused on keeping people here. Recruiting new employees is really only a band-aid if you can’t incentivize them to stay!” —Michal Bishop, LPN
We met with the Employer on February 26 and 27 to continue negotiations on our contract. On Monday, while presenting our economic proposal - we presented the petition which a supermajority signed (in just 2 weeks time)!
Harbors responded to this by finally coming to the table proposing an actual increase to our wages, along with an all-new wage scale. The Employer’s new scale, however, offers significantly less growth in wages over time than our current scale does. We’re glad to see the pressure we’ve applied has started to convince Harbors of just how valuable we are - but we won’t let up yet.
Grays Harbor County
Hoqiuam Timberland Library, 420 7th Street, Hoquiam WA, 98550
Pacific County
Harbors Home Health Office, 600 Pacific Avenue S, Suite 1, Long Beach, WA 98631
If you have any questions about bargaining, please contact one of our Bargaining Team members, or reach out to your Union Rep Naomi Oligario @ 360-662-1989.
Our Bargaining Team (L—R): Michal Bishop, LPN; Sarah Schimelpfenig, RN; Shelbie Graff, RN
“This is about loyalty to me. We’ve been here through really challenging & difficult times - and this is their response?” —Shelbie Graff, RN
We met to bargain with Harbors Home Health & Hospice back-to-back on February 1 and February 2nd to continue our fight for higher wages, better working conditions, and equity for both new & existing employees.
Throughout every year of the pandemic, Health Care workers across the country were called heroes; recognition for our dedication & persistence to provide the life-saving care we always have. Harbors, however, seem to have something else in mind- proposing a ZERO percent increase to our wage scale.
While we fight for equity & fairness at the bargaining table - we’re asking our coworkers to fight alongside us:
Sign the petition demanding that Harbors meet the challenges of the new year, and pay us fairly!
Join us for a bargaining update meeting to get information on ongoing negotiations, and strategize around how to achieve the pay we deserve!
Contract Action Team Meeting Tuesday, February 13 @ 4PM—6PM at Hoquiam Timberland Library, 420 7th St, Hoquiam, WA 98550
Our Harbors Home Health Bargaining Team (L—R): Shelbie Graff, RN; Sarah Schimelpfenig, RN; Michal Bishop, LPN
On November 20 & 21, we met with Management to begin exchanging contract proposals across the table.
While we still have a way to go on reaching to a final agreement - we’ve already exchanged numerous proposals with Harbors - spanning workplace issues like access to union representation, probation & transfer status employees, job posting & hiring practices, and even some economics!
We have provided our availability throughout the month of December to Harbors and are looking forward to joining Management again for future discussions.
Should you have any questions, please reach out to a Bargaining Team member.
If you would like to participate in a Contract Action Team (CAT) meeting, please reach out to Union Rep Naomi Oligario @ 360-662-1989.
Our bargaining team reached a tentative agreement with management that includes some of these highlights:
Wage Increases Each Year
Increases to Wage Premiums
Ratification Bonus
Retirement Improvements
Please join us on Zoom May 6 from 6:00pm-7:30pm to learn more about the exciting changes to our contract.
Harbors Home Health and Hospice Vote Meeting
May 6, 2021 at 6:00PM Pacific Time
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