Summit Pacific Medical Center - Community Petition Delivered to the Board of Commissioners!

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On Friday, December 18, one of our community members and union supporters presented a petition of support for our bargain with 105 signatures from our community.

Our Bargaining Team spoke at the meeting as well about safety and wage concerns at Summit.

We plan to continue sharing our stories at the table and at future board meetings!

At the bargaining table we got more of the same from Management. They continue to claim they want to recognize people who go above and beyond, but instead of offering incentives for folks who do good work, they’d rather permanently punish anyone they might arbitrarily discipline for any reason.

Our Bargaining Team: Angi Swinhart—RN, Clinic; Barbara Ford—ED HUC; Alicia Wood—RN, ED

Summit Pacific Medical Center - Bargaining Team Fighting for All Workers

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This Friday, we reached a tentative agreement on establishing our Labor Management Committee (LMC). This is a group of members that will meet at least quarterly with Management to address issues that come up between bargaining cycles. If you’re interested in joining any committees where we have won seats for union members, please let your rep, Nicholas, know.

The union is fighting for compensation for those of us who go above and beyond and receive additional education and certifications, but administration is denying our proposals to recognize exceptional skills and abilities. For example, they do not include tech/service workers in proposals around educational leave and certification pay. Our Bargaining Team will not back down.

Our Bargaining Team: Angi Swinhart—RN, Clinic; Kristen Frazer—Registration Specialist; Barbara Ford—ED HUC; Alicia Wood—RN, ED

Our fight also continues to increase our PTO accruals to account for holidays. Share your story on how current PTO levels have impacted you. Your stories make a difference at the bargaining table!

Join an Emergency Contract Action Meeting on Wednesday, December 16! 

Summit Pacific Medical Center - The Hard Work Continues

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We reached tentative agreements today on seniority as well as per diem scheduling and availability. More importantly we responded to Management’s bad economic proposals. Our Bargaining Team is holding our position on holiday pay, wage increases, and we are still refusing to allow discipline to affect our pay.

Our Bargaining Team: Angi Swinhart—RN, Clinic; Kristen Frazer—Registration Specialist; Barbara Ford—ED HUC; Jeff Redmond—ED Tech; Alicia Wood—RN, ED

Our next bargaining date is December 4.

Join us on Tuesday, November 17 @ 7:30 PM for a contract action meeting with other area bargaining teams!

Summit Pacific Medical Center - Continuing to Bargain

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Our Union Bargaining Team met with Management on November 6 to continue negotiating our first contract. Although we made some movement at the table we still have concerns around Safety, Staffing, Job Security, Wages and Benefits. We were able to secure some additional bargaining dates and will meet again on November 13. 

We also had our Contract Action Team meetings on November 4. We discussed how we can band together with other teams in bargaining so that we can win strong contracts across the area. We also started planning to take action for a fair contract at Summit in December.

Our Bargaining Team: Angi Swinhart—RN, Clinic; Kristen Frazer—Registration Specialist; Barbara Ford—ED HUC; Jeff Redmond—ED Tech; Alicia Wood—RN, ED

UPCOMING DATES

November 17, 7:30 PM
Joint Contract Action Meeting with members from SPMC, Mason General, and Grays Harbor—RSVP below!
https://bit.ly/CATNov17

December 9
Caravan for fair contract at Summit Pacific—stay tuned for more details!

Summit Pacific Medical Center - Summit’s Management Delivers Economic Proposals

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We heard Management’s response to our economic proposals today. We clearly identified in our proposals what needs to change about our PTO system, shift differentials, and wage scales. Management is only interested in maintaining status quo and creating division in our union workforce.

On top of that, they did not respond to our majority petition we delivered last bargaining session around COVID safety.

Our next bargaining date is November 6!

Our Bargaining Team: Angi Swinhart—RN, Clinic; Kristen Frazer—Registration Specialist; Barbara Ford—ED HUC; Jeff Redmond—ED Tech; Alicia Wood—RN, ED

JOIN US AT A VIRTUAL CONTRACT ACTION MEETING! 

We’ll talk more in depth about what Management proposed at the table, set our priorities, and plan our next action!

Wednesday, November 4
3:30 or 6:30

RSVP through this link!

Summit Pacific Medical Center - Majority COVID Petition Delivered!

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Today in bargaining we delivered our COVID petition for stronger safety precautions and hazard pay. A solid majority of our bargaining unit signed!

We also were able to reach agreements on some important contract provisions including:

  • Union recognition

  • Union access – our rep’s ability to visit to address worksite issues

  • Rules and rights for disciplinary & investigatory meetings

  • Duration of contract – 3 years

RSVP to join us at our next Contract Action (CAT) Meeting on October 16 at 3:30PM or 6:30PM for a more in-depth update.

Summit Pacific Medical Center - Bargaining Continues

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ALL PROPOSALS ARE ON THE TABLE! This is a milestone in our negotiations and brings us much closer to a final agreement!

THE UNION PROPOSES HUGE WAGE INCREASES to account for the missed cost of living and longevity increases that happened this summer. Now the ball is in Management’s court.

NOW’S THE TIME TO SHOW OUR STRENGTH! Only in coming together with our coworkers are we going to be able to demonstrate to management that we have the power! SIGN OUR PETITION TODAY!

Our Bargaining Team: Angi Swinhart—RN, Clinic; Kristen Frazer—Registration Specialist; Barbara Ford—ED HUC; Jeff Redmond—ED Tech; Alicia Wood—RN, ED

OUR NEXT BARGAINING DATE IS ON OCT 9! 

Summit Pacific - Management is Stalling

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Our Union presented Management with many proposals but unfortunately Management failed to respond to any of them. Our Bargaining Team has been working to address the COVID MOU with Summit and Summit disputes the facts the Union has presented of their mismanagement.

We have been working to the best of our ability to get a contract in place, but Summit Management continues to not work in a timely matter, delaying their responses and not providing enough dates. Summit has only offered us two dates in October and November. Management is not willing to work with the Bargaining Team to find additional dates for us to work on getting this contract completed.

“Stand with your co-workers, community, and patients for the safety of all of us and sign our petition!”

— Our Bargaining Team: Angi Swinhart—RN (Left), Clinic; Kristen Frazer—Registration Specialist (Right); Barbara Ford—ED HUC (Center); Jeff Redmond—ED Tech; Alicia Wood—RN, ED

Sign the Petition

Summit Pacific Medical Center - Proposed Improvement in COVID Protections and Practices

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Our Bargaining Team proposed improvements to our COVID agreement with Summit around:

  • Paid administrative leave while waiting for COVID test results

  • Improvements for notification of exposure to COVID

  • Premium pay for Respiratory Care Unit

Management has been consistently denying our proposals around safety, so we expect them to put up a fight about our health and safety concerns now too.

We need to hear from you about any pandemic safety issues you’ve experienced at Summit! 

Take the Survey!

Please join us at our next contract action meeting on Wednesday, August 19 at 7PM.

Wednesday, August 19
7PM via Zoom

RSVP for call-in details!

Summit Pacific Medical Center - Incremental Progress - Management's Roadblocks Remain

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Management is ready to contractually recognize our union, and we’re making some progress in other areas like having access to union information in our workplaces.

Management is holding fast to proposals telling us how to run our union. They’re pretending to remain neutral but discouraging employees from joining the union. They’d also like to limit how we can fight back when they violate our contract.

We need to hear from you about any pandemic safety issues you’ve experienced at Summit! 

Take the Survey!

“We need everyone’s support in this fight. Please join us at our next CAT meeting to learn how.”

— Our Bargaining Team: Angi Swinhart—RN (Below Left), Clinic; Kristen Frazer—Registration Specialist (Below Right); Barbara Ford—ED HUC (Below Center); Jeff Redmond—ED Tech; Alicia Wood—RN, ED

Please join us at our next contract action meeting on Wednesday, August 19 at 7PM.

Wednesday, August 19
7PM via Zoom

RSVP for call-in details!

Summit Pacific Medical Center - Management Sets the Tone for Negotiations

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While we did make progress and come to agreement on some basic contract provisions, it’s clear that there is a lot of work ahead of us. 

Management has made some alarming proposals around seniority and our access to union representation. They are also currently rejecting our common sense language around safety and nondiscrimination.

“Management seems more concerned about their rights than ours”

— Our Bargaining Team: Angi Swinhart—RN (Below Left), Clinic; Kristen Frazer—Registration Specialist (Below Right); Barbara Ford—ED HUC (Below Center); Jeff Redmond—ED Tech; Alicia Wood—RN, ED

It’s going to take all of us to win fair treatment and dignity at work. Join us at our digital Contract Action Meeting via Zoom on 8/5 at 7PM!

Wednesday, August 5
7PM via Zoom
RSVP for call-in details!

Summit Pacific Medical Center - Bargaining Begins

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“We met with Management and presented our first proposal. We’re encouraged to hear back from them next week, and we look forward to reaching a fair and equitable contact that benefits ourselves, our families, and our community.”

— Our Bargaining Team: Angi Swinhart—RN (Below Left), Clinic; Kristen Frazer—Registration Specialist (Below Right); Barbara Ford—ED HUC (Below Center); Jeff Redmond—ED Tech; Revell McClanahan—LPN, Clinic; Alicia Wood—RN, ED

It’s going to take all of us to win fair wages, benefits, and treatment at work. Please join our private Facebook group or follow us on Instagram!

Instagram: @ufcw21ofspmc

Private Facebook Group:
UFCW 21 - Summit Pacific Medical Center

The next bargaining session will be Friday, July 31.

The Contract Action Team will meet the following week, on August 5 at 7PM. Please join us on 8/5 to learn more and offer input!

RSVP HERE

Summit Pacific - Digital Contract Action Team Meeting

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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!

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

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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!