Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Professionals Bargaining Update & Contract Action Team Meeting!

Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Professionals  Bargaining Update & Contract Action Team Meeting!

"Compliance with the law is one thing — caving to fear is another. We expect Providence to stand up to bullies, not back down from doing what's right." -Sara Dillon; Sr. Discharge Planner & Bargaining Team Member

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Providence St. Peter Hospital RN Contract Action Team Meeting

Providence St. Peter Hospital RN Contract Action Team Meeting

Following our next-scheduled bargaining date on April 16 with Providence, join us at our next in-person Contract Action Team meeting to discuss strategies to build collective power and solidarity in pursuit of improving recruitment and retention, winning better working conditions, and strengthening  benefits for Providence healthcare workers across Washington State.

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PRMCE Important Updates and Meetings

PRMCE Important Updates and Meetings

This year, over 10,000 workers at Providence hospitals across Western Washington—including PRMCE, Providence St. Peter, Providence Centralia, and Swedish—will be negotiating their union contracts. Here at PRMCE, the Professional and Technical units are currently bargaining.

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Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Professionals Bargaining Continues!

Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Professionals Bargaining Continues!

“It was clear the employer didn’t do their homework on the Case Management MOU—their expectations are completely out of touch with reality.” -Holly Gramse, Physical Therapist and member of our Union Bargaining Team.

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Providence St. Peter Hospital Professionals Annual Merit Increases & Status-Quo

Providence St. Peter Hospital Professionals Annual Merit Increases & Status-Quo

Providence recently informed our Union that, as is customary during this time of year, they would like to offer annual merit-based wage increases to PSPH professional employees. Our Union fully supports wage increases for our members and would be happy to discuss a process for wage increases before we begin contract negotiations, but it is important  to ensure that any raises are distributed fairly and equitably to all workers.

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Providence St. Peter Hospital Professionals Annual Merit Increases & Status-Quo

Providence St. Peter Hospital Professionals Annual Merit Increases & Status-Quo

On Monday, March 17 our union bargaining team for the RNs at St. Peter Hospital met with Providence to kick-off 2025 negotiations. To start our day, we focused primarily on the “non-economic” sections of our contract, encompassing Articles which don’t directly relate to wages, premiums, or benefits, and presented management with our initial proposals on items like

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Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Professionals BARGAINING BEGINS!

Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Professionals BARGAINING BEGINS!

On Tuesday, March 11, our union Bargaining Team for the Professionals at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (PRMCE) joined management at the bargaining table for our first official day of negotiations for the 2025 contract cycle! 

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PRMCE TECH Online Vote on March 10

PRMCE TECH Online Vote on March 10

Through conference committee we have highlighted retention and recruitment issues throughout the Technical unit. Providence heard our suggestions and has proposed changes to Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) job titles and classifications. Specifically, the Employer is proposing to:

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Help Support Our Striking Union Allies by Donating to Their Strike & Defense Funds

Right now, nurses with Providence in Oregon and grocery workers with Kroger-owned King Soopers in Colorado are on strike for better staffing and safer workplaces. Join us and contribute to their strike and defense funds by using the links below. Donations help provide supplies like food, hot beverages, warm clothing, childcare, signs, and other needs as workers battle the cold rains in the PNW and the freezing temperatures in the Denver area. Their fight is our fight—and when we fight, we win!

Providence Centralia Service MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

Providence Centralia Service MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

On September 23, 2024, we had our second bargaining date with Providence and have passed several proposals. We were able to teach tentative agreements around recognition, union roster, meeting rooms in order to gain access and support the unit, and a few others. We are looking forward to our next session that will be around compensation.

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Providence Everett Case Managers Providence rejects our proposals

Providence Everett Case Managers Providence rejects our proposals

On September 18, our Bargaining Team met with PRMCE Management to address the significant impacts of the case management restructure. We presented a comprehensive set of proposals to protect our working conditions, including improvements to scheduling, PTO bidding, floating, low census, and FTE reductions.

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Providence St. Peter Technical Make your Voices Heard

Providence St. Peter Technical Make your Voices Heard

On September 4, 2024, we had our second bargaining date with Providence for our contact. We made progress today with several tentative agreements. We had clarifying conversations with Providence on topics that will help us move forward for our next sessions, which include exploring options on retirement plans, the Aetna network change, and our insurance premiums. Our next bargaining dates are September 18 and October 8.

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Providence St. Peter Technical - Positive Steps

Providence St. Peter Technical - Positive Steps

Last week on August 14, we had our first bargaining date with Providence for our contract. Both sides came to the table prepared and we had deep discussions with management on many topics including retention and recruitment, new employee orientation, training and precepting, equity and nondiscrimination in the workplace, and how we can build trust between the Hospital and caregivers. Our next bargaining dates are September 4 and 18. On these dates we will be discussing the changes to the Aetna health care network along with other economic proposals.

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Providence Centralia Service MOVING FORWARD

Providence Centralia Service MOVING FORWARD

Last week on August 15, we had our first bargaining session with Providence and came to the table prepared to pass many initial proposals. We shared with hospital Leadership our concerns around hours and wages and the difficulties many of us face around having to make decisions between necessities like housing, food, and transportation.

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Providence St. Peter Hospital Tech - Bargaining Kick-Off

Providence St. Peter Hospital Tech - Bargaining Kick-Off

In 2020 we organized our Union to address wage inequity, safety, and respect on the job... and stood together with our coworkers to win a strong first Union contract in 2021. We did this through our collective action and were able to achieve a wage scale, annual wage increases, benefits, job protections, and a solid base to build on in the future.

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