The time has come to make your voices heard! We encourage all Radiant Care workers to attend our scheduled vote meeting to review the full details of our new tentative agreement, ask questions, and cast your ballot!

We bargained three days this week June 9 – 11 and will return to the bargaining table July 27 -28.  This week our team focused on prioritizing our many language proposals and made significant process. We received the outstanding information requests from the Employer, which allowed us to cost potential proposals regarding health care and engage in continued conversation around the UFCW 3000 pension plan for nurses.

Jenny C., a transporter at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, knows what it looks like when management hopes a problem will just go away.

Jenny has watched the facility's transport elevators malfunction for more than a year, filing report after report after each incident she witnessed. Supervisors did not appear to take these complaints seriously.

At the CAT meeting we will plan our Solidarity Actions for the week of June 2-5. Let’s be creative and share what message you would like to see on a sticker. We will wear our stickers through June 9-11 to show support for our barging team while they are at the table. 

Member Bargaining Team Recommends a YES Vote!

Providence Centralia Hospital Service Unit members will vote on the Tentative Accretion MOU covering Operating Room Assistants, Senior Electronic Imaging Assistants, and Supply Chain Technicians.

This MOU brings these classifications into the UFCW 3000 Service Unit Collective Bargaining Agreement. The agreement includes language addressing seniority, PTO balances, already-approved PTO requests, wage step placement, and step progression.

We bargained back-to-back dates this week May 5 -7 and will return to the bargaining table June 9 - 11. This week our team brought two guest speakers to present to Providence and answer questions about new big picture benefit proposals: Laura Hopkins, Executive Director of the Healthcare Training Fund, and Sean Embly, Union Trustee on the UFCW Sound Variable Annuity Pension Plan.

“Roll up your sleeves. While we are early in the process- we are feeling organized, prepared, and united in our goals to achieve the best contract possible for our fellow nurses. Stay involved and help us build a strong network of nurses in every unit ready to take action.” - Your Union Bargaining Team: Juan Stout, Terry Pierce, Kristen Crowder, Carrie Rimel, Stephanie Sausman, Amanda Chinnick, Scott Ryan, Kimball Conlon, and Tulena Lammers

Our Bargaining Team is excited to have reached a tentative agreement. Priorities included adopting the SRH wage table and improving working conditions in general, We are proud of a contract that includes:

Join us to hear from our guest speaker why you should be filing L&I on your missed breaks and meals. We are excited to invite Carl Bakken from Labor and Industries (L&I) to give an education on missed Meal and Rest Breaks, how to file complaints, and answer any questions you may have!