Olympic Medical Center Support Services - Vote to Change Eligibility Time to Use Vacation Accruals

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We have a tentative agreement with OMC to shorten the amount of time worked before employees are eligible to use accrued vacation. This is a change to the current Support Services Contract and will require a vote of Union Members.

Voting on this proposed change will be held:

Port Angeles

  • Tuesday, March 12, 2024

  • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

  • PFS Building, Basement Breakroom

  • 519 S. Peabody St., Port Angeles, WA 98362

  • Tuesday, March 12, 2024

  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Olympic Medical Center, Linkletter Conference Room

  • 939 Caroline Street, Port Angeles, WA 98362

Sequim

  • Tuesday, March 12, 2024

  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

  • Medical Services Building (MSB), 2nd Floor Conference Room

  • 840 N 5th Avenue, Sequim, WA 98382

UFCW 3000 members in good standing are encouraged to attend a meeting, ask questions, and vote.

Questions? Contact Union Representative Aimee Oien: (360) 662-1981

Olympic Medical Center Pro Tech Vote to Change Eligibility Time to Use Vacation Accruals

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Olympic Medical Center Pro Tech

Vote to Change Eligibility Time to Use Vacation Accruals

We have a tentative agreement with OMC to shorten the number of months worked before employees are eligible to use accrued vacation.

This is a change to the current Pro Tech Contract so will require a vote of Union Members. Contract change votes scheduled:

Port Angeles: Monday, March 11, 2024 3:00pm-7:00pm

Olympic Medical Center in the Fairshter Meeting Room, 939 Caroline Street. Port Angeles, WA 98362

Sequim: Tuesday, March 12, 2024 8:00am-9:30am

Medical Services Building (MSB) in the Conference Room, 840 N 5th Avenue. Sequim, WA 98382

You must be a member in good standing to be eligible to vote.

If you have questions please contact Union Representative Aimee Oien at 360-662-1981

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Olympic Medical Center Support Services - CONTRACT RATIFIED!

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Olympic Medical Center Support Services
CONTRACT RATIFIED!

On December 21 and 22, union members overwhelmingly voted to approve a new Union Contract which includes:

  • 18% Wage Increases over 3 years

  • Market Increases

  • Bonuses

  • Differential Increases

  • Premium Increases

For additional information contact a Bargaining Team member or Union Rep Aimee Oien @ 360-662-1981.

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Olympic Medical Center (ProTech) - Contract Ratified

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Olympic Medical Center (ProTech)
Contract Ratified

On November 30 and December 1, workers overwhelmingly voted YES to ratify a new Union Contract.

Highlights of the contract include:

  • 7% wage increase paid the first full pay period following ratification

  • Market increases for many jobs

  • 2024: 6% wage increase, first full pay period following March 31, 2024

  • 2025: 6% wage increase, first full pay period following March 31, 2025

  • $1000 bonus prorated based on FTE in each of 2024 and 2025

  • New Step 13 added in 2024 for all positions at 2% higher than Step 12

  • Shift differential: $3.00 Evening/$5.00 Nights

  • $4.00 standby

  • Callback/call-in on day off at two times the normal rate of pay

  • $3.25 lead pay

  • $4.50 weekend premium

  • LOU for hazardous drug mixing

  • $2.00 certification premium

For more information, contact Union Rep Aimee Oien @ 360-662-1981.

Olympic Medical Center - ProTech contract vote scheduled

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Olympic Medical Center - ProTech
Contract vote scheduled

After several months of bargaining, we have reached a tentative agreement.The Bargaining Team fully recommends a “YES” vote this agreement!

Highlights of the tentative agreement include:

  • 19% wage increases

  • Market increases

  • $2000.00 total bonuses prorated by FTE

  • $3.00 for evening/$5.00 for night shift differentials

Join your coworkers and vote on the new agreement!

Sequim
Thursday, November 30 @ 3:00pm-5:30pm
Medical Services Building (MSB) - Conference Room, 840 N 5th Avenue, Sequim WA 98382

Port Angeles
Friday, December 1 @ 11am-6pm
Olympic Medical Center - Fairshter Meeting Room, 939 Caroline Street, Port Angeles WA 988362

UFCW 3000 members in good standing are encouraged to attend a meeting, ask questions, and vote on the contract. Contact a Bargaining Team member or your Union Rep Aimee Oien for any questions @ 360-662-1981.

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Olympic Medical Center (ProTech and Support Services) - BARGAINING CONTINUES

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Olympic Medical Center (ProTech and Support Services)
BARGAINING CONTINUES

Bargaining continued on Tuesday, September 5. We had discussions about job descriptions and wage disparities for Support Services workers and are trying to understand why some positions are paid at a higher rate which are essentially the same as other lower paid positions. Responses from Management did not specifically address our concerns.

We presented Management with a strong wage, premium, and benefits package for ProTech workers to retain current employees and recruit new ones to fill the huge staffing void. Management’s response was a modest increase to their previous proposal. They suggested we meet with the CEO, Darryl Wolfe, next session to review hospital finances.

This is unacceptable! We need to let Management know that we cannot and will not continue to work for less. We are working harder than ever, covering for multiple unfilled positions, adding stress to our work and our personal lives.

Support Services Workers: We are circulating a letter/petition to send Management. Talk to a Bargaining Team member or to Union Rep Aimee Oien.

Wear our sticker to show Management that we deserve a fair contract!

Everyone can get a sticker from a Bargaining Team member or Union Rep Aimee Oien @ 360-662-1981.

“Support Services is vital to OMC and their profits. We deserve a fair and livable wage and will fight as one until we get it.” —Deviney Blore

“We’re still miles apart, their last offer does not promote retention and recruitment.” —Josh Johnston

“Where OMC is at, there is no doubt we will continue to lose coworkers to neighboring hospitals worsening the financial situation and morale.” —Rob Elofson-Golbert

“OMC is asking us to take far less than they have given other contracts recently.” —Patty Wood

“It’s hard to provide excellence working for an organization that gives us less than minimum.”—Hector Pozernick

Bargaining Team: Back Row (L-R) Nancy Dahll, Kimberly Goss, Hector Pozernick, Cameron Van Winkle; Front Row (L-R) Cathy Macphail, Patty Wood, Mandy Beck, Jake Purvis, Josh Johnston, Deviney Blore, Terry Wray, Robert Elofson-Gilbertson (not pictured)

Olympic Medical Center (Pro Tech and Support Services) - Waiting for Management’s response to our proposals

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Bargaining Team: (Standing L—R): Nancy Dahl, Ultrasound Tech; Kim Goss, Financial Advisor; Hector Pozernic, Physical Therapist; Cameron Van Winkle, Laundry Worker; (Seated L—R): Cathy Macphail, Negotiator, Patricia Wood, Technical Specialist Lab; Amanda Beck, Surgery Tech; Jake Purvis, Pharmacist; Joshua Johnston, CT Tech; Deviny Blore, Imaging Services Rep II; Terry Wray, Patient Access Rep; Not Pictured: Robert Elofson-Gilbertson, Radiology Tech; Aimee Oien, Union Representative

Olympic Medical Center (Pro Tech and Support Services)
Waiting for Management’s response to our proposals

We had a full Bargaining session with Management at Olympic Medical Center on July 13.

Our Union Bargaining Team has proposed to significantly increase wages and other compensation as well as addressing huge challenges around staffing. We have made many other proposals to improving processes and work—life balance.

Although Management has been friendly, we still haven’t received many proposals from them. We hope to have a better understanding of their priorities when they respond. We meet again on Friday, July 28.

For additional information or to get more involved, reach out to a Bargaining Team Member or to Union Representative Aimee Oien at 360-662-1981.

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Olympic Medical Center - Bargaining Begins at Olympic Medical Center

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Bargaining has begun for Pro-Tech and Support Services workers.

Your Bargaining Team has met several times to create contract proposals that address the challenges of retaining and recruiting workers. Low wages are at the center of the staffing crisis, resulting in long hours of work for the dedicated staff who are the foundation of OMC.

OMC needs to offer competitive wages and benefits that will not only get workers, but also keep them. Staffing issues need to be addressed, including the high number of travelers who have no commitment to the community.

On Friday, June 23, we had a full day of bargaining and made both economic and non-economic proposals.

Management seemed interested in what we had to say, but have not yet given any response to our proposals. The next bargaining date is July 13.

Our Bargaining Team

Pro-Tech: Amanda Beck, Surgery Tech; Nancy Dahl, Ultrasound Tech; Robert Elofson-Gilbertson, Radiology Tech; Joshua Johnston, CT Tech; Hector Pozernic, Physical Therapist; Jake Purvis, Pharmacist; Patricia Wood, Technical Specialist;

Support Services: Deviney Blore, Imaging Services Rep II; Cameron Van Winkle, Laundry Worker; Terry Wray, Patient Access Rep

For additional information, contact a bargaining team member or Union Representative Aimee Oien 360-662-1981.

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Olympic Home Health Bargaining Begins!

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On Thursday, March 23 members of the Union Bargaining Team met with Management to begin negotiations for our new Union Contract.

As part of this meeting, each team member talked about their role and the roles of their coworkers in the organization and made sure that Management understood how vitally important Home Health employees are to the success of Olympic Medical and to the community.

“We submitted a comprehensive economic and non-economic proposal. We are hopeful that Management will come back a fair and equitable response that brings us closer to hospital standards.”

Our next bargaining date is April 17 where will expect Management to respond to our proposals.

Olympic Medical Center MOU ratified!

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Olympic Medical Center

Memorandum of understanding ratified by OMC workers!

On October 11, the Healthcare Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was ratified with overwhelming support.

What does this mean for you? As Olympic Medical Center transitions everyone’s healthcare back to PEBB from Premera, you will see a $100 lump sum deposited into your Flexible Spending Account (FSA) in January 2023 to help offset any cost during transition. You will be able to use this $100 lump sum immediately starting in January 2023.

If you have any questions, please contact your Union Representative Aimee Oien at 360-662-1981.

Olympic Medical Center - Online Memorandum of Understanding Ratification Vote! Your Bargaining Committee Recommends a YES Vote!

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On September 30, we reached an agreement with Olympic Medical Center, regarding the transition back to PEBB Health Insurance. We will be voting online on October 11 from 5PM until October 12 at 5PM. The entire vote document shall be available for review 24 hours prior to the start of the online vote.

We will be holding virtual vote meeting on October 11 at 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM. During this meeting, we will be going over the vote documents and answering questions.

In order to vote, you must be a union member in good standing prior to the start of the vote. You will be receiving an online vote link from “SimplyVote” at 5PM on October 11. If you do not receive a link to the vote, please email your union representative Aimee Oien aoien@ufcw3000.org.  Additionally we ask that you provide us with a non-Olympic Medical Center email address. We have noticed in the past that OMC’s email system blocks emails from “SimplyVote” and UFCW.

If you do not receive UFCW emails, please check your junk/spam folder or update your contact information by October 10, 2022. If you have any questions, please contact your bargaining team or union representative.

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Online Voting Period

Tuesday, October 11 • 5:00 PM

Wednesday, October 12 • 5:00 PM

Online Vote Meeting

Tuesday, October 11 • 10:00 AM

Contact your Bargaining Team or Union Rep for call-in details. Details will be also emailed out.

Olympic Medical Center - Market Increases for PAS!

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We have reached an agreement with Olympic Medical Center to increase pay rates for patient access services (PAS) to recruit and retain staff. This market adjustment is uncommon since our union contract expires on June 2023. We requested that Olympic Medical Center act to fix our recruitment and retention issues, to which they agreed. We will be entering full contract negotiations in Spring 2023 where we will be fighting for competitive wage increases and improving contract language. 

Below are the details of the agreement:

  • Patient Access Representative I and II (PAS Rep I and II) will convert into a single Patient Access Representative position: all current PAS Reps I and II will move to grade 50 (base rate of $18.10)

  • Patient Access Specialist: increase from grade 65 (base of $18.91) to grade 74 (base rate of $19.94)

  • New position of Patient Access Senior Specialist: grade 75 (base of $20.65)

Your bargaining committee is recommending a “YES” vote on these changes! 

We will vote on May 30 online from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM. You will receive a vote link via email from “Simply Vote.” In order to vote, you must be a union member in good standing and must have a valid email on file with UFCW. Please update your email address if you do not receive emails from UFCW through the link below.

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https://www.ufcw21.org/update-your-information

 If you do not receive an email to vote on May 30, please contact your union representative Aimee Oien aoien@ufcw21.org.

Olympic Medical Center - OMC Support Services and Pro-Tech Unit will be receiving retroactive pay!

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Due to COVID-19, we were not able to hold an in-person contract ratification vote for the Pro-Tech and Support Services units. UFCW 21 has been conducting all contract ratification votes via mail-in ballots. 

But due to the staffing shortages and reduction in machines within the United States Postal Service, ballots and returned ballots were extremely delayed. We have been in talks with OMC to implement the new contract wage increases before the dates the two contracts were ratified and OMC has agreed!

Retroactive bonus pay shall be dispersed on the October 9 paycheck. OMC sent out an email last week listing how the retroactive pay would be calculated.

If you have any questions about your retroactive pay or believe it is incorrect, please contact your Union Rep Aimee Oien (360) 662-1981.

Olympic Medical Center Support Services - Contract Vote Scheduled

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Our Bargaining Team for Support Services has reached an agreement with OMC. We began bargaining in late June 2020 due to the pandemic. Our main concerns during bargaining were wages and ensuring that we fixed the wage compression given the increased State hourly minimum rate. Initially OMC proposed lower increases than we expected given the loss in revenue due to the pandemic. But at the end, we were able to fight and win higher increases than in past contracts!  

The next step is to vote to approve the contract. We will be sending out a second notice with a vote date/time or we will be running a mail-in ballot contract vote. Please update your email/address on our website in order to receive your vote documents. 

We will be holding a contract vote meeting to explain the tentative agreement via Zoom on August 18, from 8AM - 9PM and 5PM - 6PM.

If you have any question, please contact your Union Rep, Aimee Oien @ 360-662-1981.

Virtual Vote Meeting
Tuesday, August 18 • 8AM - 9PM • 5PM - 6PM
Contact your Bargaining Team or Union Rep for call-in details.

Details will be mailed / emailed out with vote instructions.

To make sure you receive your vote documents please update your address!

Olympic Medical Center ProTech - Contract Vote Notice

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OMC ProTech, your contract vote ballots are due on August 14. The due dates for ballots was omitted from the original notice. As a result, we are sending out this notice. Please send back your ballots via mail to PO Box 80682, Seattle, WA 98108 by August 14 (postmarked) in order for your vote to be counted.

If you have any questions please contact your Union Rep, Aimee Oien 360-662-1981

Olympic Medical Center - ProTech - Contract Vote Scheduled

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Your Professional-Technical Unit Bargaining Team has reached a fully recommended tentative agreement with Olympic Medical Center! We have been bargaining over wages, working conditions, and the short-term disability program since May 2020. During bargaining, we did an analysis of our wages compared to the surrounding hospitals and other rural hospitals in the area. OMC proposed to retire our “short term disability” program and we gave this a lot of thought. Our short-term disability program provides 60% or 75% wage compensation per week. We fought to keep our plan but heard from the unit that wages should take priority. In addition, the new Washington Paid Family Medical Leave provides a higher benefit and accrual than our current short-term disability program. 

There are more details to our tentative agreement, which we will go over in depth via a Zoom video webinar on July 9 at 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM (the link will be included with the vote documents). Please join us on either date to ask questions and go over the vote documents.  Given the pandemic, we are unable to hold an in-person contract ratification vote and will be doing a mail-in ballot. The Union will be mailing and posting the vote documents on the UFCW 21 website through the link provided below.

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact our union representative, Aimee Oien at aoien@ufcw21.org or our negotiator, Evelyn Orantes-Fogel at eorantesfogel@ufcw21.org. 

Virtual Vote Meeting Webinar

Thursday, July 9 • 7:30 AM • 4:30 PM

Details for joining will be mailed and emailed out with vote instructions. To review a copy of the full legal document with all proposed changes please view the document here.

Olympic Home Health Contract Vote

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Olympic Home Health has reached an agreement The Committee fully recommends a “YES” vote

On February 26, the home health bargaining committee reached a tentative agreement with Management. We won across-the-board increases and market adjustment increases for half of the unit, including nurses and therapists. In addition, we won improvements to current contract language like: grievance process, required per diem work, and preceptor pay. Also due to the implementation of the new WA Paid Family Medical Leave program which everyone has access to 12 weeks of paid leave, OMHH will be changing the short term disability plan. In order to explain the changes precisely, we encourage everyone to attend the ratification vote. The full details of the tentative agreement will be made available on the ratification vote day. If you have any questions please contact your union representative: Aimee Oien (360)662-1981.

Ratification Vote

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

OMHH Port Angeles (inside the conference space) 7am-11am

Olympic Medical Center Sequim (inside the office space ) 7:30am-11:30am