Forks Community Hospital Tech / Service - Contract Ratified with 100% “YES” VOTE!

Forks Community Hospital Tech-Service Contract was ratified on July 21. We were able to win significant market adjustments for a number of positions and overall COLAs over the 3 year agreement that bring us up to industry and area standards. We added new and increased premiums while maintaining our benefits.

“We achieved our goal of making improvements to our contract that make our facilities more comparable with and even competitive to surrounding hospitals and facilities.” — Our Bargaining Team

Conifer St. Joseph - 100% of Conifer St. Joseph Members Reject Management's Offer!

On Friday, July 17 members at Conifer St. Joseph voted on the employer’s most recent contract offer. Conifer members said:

• NO to 0% Wage increases in year 1

• NO to PTO accrual takeaways

• NO to Holiday Pay reduction

CONIFER CAN DO BETTER!! Your Bargaining Team will continue to fight for fair wages, maintaining PTO accruals and Holiday Pay!

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Sign the Petition for a Fair Contract!

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Join our Online CAT Meeting Via ZOOM

Wednesday, July 29

6:00 PM

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

St. Michael Medical Center - Bargaining Update

Your Bargaining Team met with Management again on July 15. Thanks to the overwhelming support from the Kitsap Community at last week’s action, we were able to make significant progress at the bargaining table.

During this session the Employer WITHDREW their proposal to force everyone off the Sound Health & Wellness Trust and transition to the unaffordable CHI Healthcare Plans. Under their original proposal some members would pay a premium that was five times higher, upwards of $200 every paycheck! The community made clear that such an attack on healthcare workers, particularly during a pandemic, was indefensible and would not be tolerated.

However, the fight over healthcare continues as the Employer’s new proposal would give Managament the authority to have new hires sign-up for the CHI Healthcare Plan. This proposal would significant weaken our ability to maintain our affordable healthcare in subsequent bargains.

The Employer knows they cannot win the healthcare fight now, so they are trying to establish weaknesses in our unit to be exploited in the future. Your Bargaining Team will continue to fight against these attacks and ensure we shall ALWAYS have affordable healthcare.

We return to the table on July 28 as we continue to push for equitable wage increases, a safer workplace, and fight against cuts to the Per Diem premium.

Please join our upcoming Contract Action Team (CAT) meeting to get the latest updates and learn how we can win a fair contact. These meetings will be held virtually through Zoom.

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Tuesday, July 28 • zoom.us/join
8AM • 6PM
Contact your Bargaining Team or Union Rep for call-in details.

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Sign the petition for a fair contract!

The Doctor's Clinic - Bargaining Continues

Your Bargaining Team met again with Managament on July 17 and little progress was made. While the Employer made movement on some issues, such as job postings, they categorically rejected most of our proposals. 

The Doctor’s Clinic has said NO to: 

• Leave of absences for employees who, according to the CDC, are most at-risk for COVID-19

• Hazard Pay: Employer claims that the hazards we face during the pandemic “are the nature of our work”

• New Emergency Preparedness and Response Team: A committee that will ensure we are better prepared for future emergencies

• Easier access to our Long-Term Illness Bank

• 1-to-1 credit for past experience, applied to new hires to aid with recruitment

We are disappointed by Management’s unwillingness to thoughtfully consider these proposals that were designed to create a safer working environment at The Doctor’s Clinic. We will continue to push Managament on these issues while, at the same time, working on our initial economic package. 

Please join your Bargaining Team at our virtual Contract Action Team (CAT) meeting this Friday July 24 @ 6PM! We will provide the latest updates and discuss how we can win a fair contract. 

Providence St. Peter Tech update

We have begun bargaining our first contract!

Your Technical Unit Bargaining Committee,
Shapel Morgan (X-ray), Josh Wood (CT), Colleen Castenada (CATH Lab), and Rae Lynn Korpi (RT)

We have had two bargaining sessions with Providence. We have proposed language that establishes our general working conditions. Providence countered with their own definitions which don’t reflect what we currently have in-place. This made it very clear to your bargaining team that Providence does not take us seriously. They have shown us they are willing to take whatever steps needed to prevent us from having a strong and effective contract.

We have decided that we need to take collective action. This action will show Providence that we are NOT afraid, we are NOT weak, and we will NOT be bullied.

Our landslide vote was just the beginning. We need to continue with this momentum.

Our next bargaining session is on July 28, 2020. As we move onto crucial proposals such as wages, PTO/EIB, and retirement we need to build our strength! Your bargaining team has decided, given with the current times, to show our solidarity by wearing face masks with the UFCW 21 logo. By wearing the face mask, we will show Providence that the Techs stand united and are willing to fight for our futures!

We will be passing out the masks prior to our Stand Up to Providence Action on August 4th & 5th, 2020. We have chosen those days because we will be bargaining with Providence on August 6, 2020. This action is crucial as it will influence how Providence responds to our proposals. Please remind your co-workers of the upcoming dates and to wear their masks! We will also be asking the RNs to stand in solidarity with us and wear UFCW 21 masks. The RNs are a large and powerful group and their support will show Providence that we are not alone!

In addition, Providence is currently regrouping from the contract fight last year. UFCW 21 represented nine nursing, professional, technical, and service bargaining units and authorized a strike in coalition with SEIU and WSNA against Providence. Because of this, they were able to win a strong contract! Recently Providence Centralia’s Technical and Service units have voted for UFCW 21 to represent them and will be in negotiations at the same time as us. This is good for us and Centralia. Also, Providence Everett RN contract will expire this year and they will be bargaining at the same time as us. We will have strength in numbers, strength in the desire to prevail, and strength in timing.

Please know that your bargaining team is working for you, but we can’t do this alone. Encourage your fellow coworkers! Anyone you see wearing the UFCW 21 face mask or UFCW 21 apparel, give them a nod or wave. Spread the word by posting on both the RN and Tech FB page, thank a nurse or anyone you see supporting us because this is truly just the beginning.

Sincerely, your Technical Unit Bargaining Committee,
Shapel Morgan (X-ray), Josh Wood (CT), Colleen Castenada (CATH Lab), and Rae Lynn Korpi (RT)

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact your bargaining team or Union Rep, Erin McCoy, 206-436-6598

Hood Famous Bakeshop - “We are excited to continue negotiations for our first contract. Motivated to fight for a fair and equitable workplace!”

Your Bargaining Team met with Chera & Geo again yesterday, July 16, to receive their counter to our initial proposals. While many issues remain, we were happy with the progress made and, most importantly, the Employer’s willingness to show movement in their proposal.

We were appreciative of the fact that the Employer responded to nearly all our proposals and, for those issues they did not, we had very productive conversations on how to move forward. However, we will need to respond with some edits from their proposals and, honestly, we haven’t started with the more contentious economic issues.

The Bargaining Team did not have time to submit counter proposals and would love to hear from you about how we should respond! We’d like to invite you to our virtual Contract Action Team meeting next Tuesday, July 21 @ 5pm to discuss negotiations and next steps!

Hood Famous CAT Meeting
Tuesday, July 21
5:00 PM via Zoom

Grays Harbor - During a Global Pandemic Management Wants to Reduce Our Sick Leave

We continued to bargain with Management last week and were not able to reach a settlement.  Management’s relentless pursuit to take away our sick leave hours during a pandemic is their short sighted plan to reduce costs off of our working backs. Our Bargaining Team remains adamant that taking away our sick leave is not the answer to the hospital’s financial problems. We encouraged Management to look at other cost saving ideas, i.e. better billing practices and streamlining paperwork.

“We understand Shared Sacrifice and we want the hospital to succeed but having Management balance the budget off our backs is not acceptable. Join us at our Zoom Contract Action Team meeting on Tuesday evening  to discuss our next steps in getting a fair contract.”

Grays Harbor Hospital Bargaining Team

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Tuesday, July 21

6:00 PM - 7:30PM

https://zoom.us/join

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

The Doctor's Clinic Bargaining Begins

Dynacare Labcorp - Bargaining Begins!

Your bargaining committee started to bargain with Dynacare LabCorp on June 29 via Zoom, given COVID-19. We proposed non-economic contract language, surrounding floating, changing schedules, and other staffing language. Next we will propose wage increases and other economic language. 

At this point, LabCorp has not responded to our proposals. We have several bargaining dates through the end of August, and we have a contract extension for 60 days from the expiration of the contract. 

We hope LabCorp will respond with realistic proposals and we will need to stand unites to win a good contract! We will be having a contract action team meeting via Zoom in early August. The link will be sent out via email.

Next Bargaining Date

July 28, 2020

Conifer St. Elizabeth - Conifer St. Elizabeth Members REJECT the Contract!

On Friday July 10 members at Conifer St. Elizabeth voted on the employers most recent contract offer.

100% of Members voted NO to REJECT the offer! 

This outcome shows Management that their current offer is not good enough and we know that they can and should do better! We will be back at the bargaining table soon and look forward to continuing to stand together to get a Fair Contract! 

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CAT MEETING
Wednesday, July 15
5:30PM

Join our CAT meeting via Zoom to learn where we go from here! Details will be texted out.

Summit Pacific - Digital Contract Action Team Meeting

Join our first Contract Action Team Meeting! This meeting is open to all bargaining unit members at Summit Pacific. We’ll discuss the bargaining process and the member surveys.

Friday, July 17 at 7PM

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

What do you want to include in your contract? Fill out your contract survey!

Planned Parenthood overwhelmingly ratifies new contract

PCC Agreement Ratified

Our 1 year agreement with PCC was ratified on July 1, 2020. This agreement runs through December 31, 2020 for both grocery and meat contracts. 

We won significant wage increases with full retro throughout the scale while maintaining our healthcare and securing our pension.

“Given restrictions on meetings and members dealing with an ongoing pandemic, we are glad to have reached this 1-year deal now so that members can get immediate raises and full back pay. We can all focus on fighting for a full 3-year contract in a few months when we can regroup in person.” 

– Our Bargaining Team

Summit Pacific Medical Center - Bargaining Team Announced for Summit Pacific!

We are set to begin bargaining our first contract with Summit Pacific! Your member led bargaining team will be:

Alicia Wood
Angi Swinhart
Barb Ford
Jeff Redmond
Kristen Frazier

We start bargaining in just a few weeks! Our first dates are: 7/24, 7/31, 8/7, and 8/17, and we will be adding more dates to the calendar.

What do you want to include in your contract? Fill out your contract survey by July 10!

Franz Bakeries Significant Progress After Much Delay

St. Michael Medical Center Pro-Tech - Important Upcoming Dates

During this round of negotiations we were able to win fair double time language for members working 10-hour shifts and, in addition, new “donning and doffing” language that provides eight minutes of paid time at the start and end of each shift to change in and out of hospital-required attire. However, the employer continues to make unacceptable wage proposals and has maintained their attacks on our affordable healthcare. We made clear to managament that if this behavior continues then we will have no choice but to bring our fight to the community.

Please join our upcoming Contract Action Team (CAT) meetings to get the latest updates and learn how we can win a fair contact. These meetings will be held virtually through Zoom.

CAT Meetings

Wednesday, July 1

• 8AM

• 6PM

Wednesday, July 15

• 8AM

• 6PM

*Contact your Union Rep or a Bargaining Team member for call-in details

St. Michael Medical Center Service & Dietary - Formerly Harrison Medical Center - Contract Ratified

We are happy to announce that the Harrison Medical Center Service & Dietary contract was ratified this afternoon by an overwhelming majority! We won substantial wage increases, new short-term personal leave, improved schedule posting language, as well as many other improvements. 

Conifer St. Elizabeth Update Enough is Enough

Forks Community Hospital Tech / Service - Bargaining Continues

We received Management’s economic proposals Wednesday. While we appreciate the effort they’ve made towards making sure our wages are comparable to surrounding hospitals, there are still areas for improvement.

We have proposed improvements to our Rest Between Shift language. We’d like to see Management value the rest and safety of all employees equally

Management is also evaluating our proposal to fully acknowledge and value our employees that work non-traditional hours. We hope they agree that evening and night shift workers make significant adjustments to family life, sleep schedules, and more.

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Once we reach an agreement, we will be voting our contract by mail

Please update your information with us here.

Cascade Valley Hospital - Bargaining Continues with Management

We continue to bargain with Management to reach a settlement that meets our key goals of:

• Wage Parity with Skagit Regional Hospital

• Equity Adjustments for employees with years of service

• Increases to Shift Differentials to match Skagit.

Although we have reached tentative agreements for some of our goals, our Bargaining Team continues to push for Equity Adjustments. We have also seen Management propose for a wage reopener in the 2nd year because of the financial impact of COVID 19. We’re scheduled to bargain again on Friday, June 26 and are looking to secure more dates in July.

“We look forward to bargaining with Management this week and reach a settlement that we can bring to our membership for ratification.  We still need management to meet our main goals of Equity for our members who have given many years to this hospital.”

Cascade Valley Hospital Bargaining Team