St. Clare Hospital: Contract ratified!
Members ratified our new contract by over 90% last week. We moved management significantly higher than their initial wage proposals, and won important protections against subcontracting of our work.
Protection against subcontracting was a major goal in bargaining at all SEIU hospitals this year – and we won stronger protections everywhere!
We also won agreements here at St. Clare to limit shift rotation and to consider 16 hour employees as full-time for benefits and overtime.
Paid Committee time:
Paid Conference Committee
Paid Respect & Diversity Committee
Staffing Issues
A new process to address workload & staffing issues with written documentation and timelines
Stronger job protections against subcontracting:
At least 90 days advance written notice prior to any decision to subcontract
Meet with union to look at reasonable alternatives and union recognition
Excessive call back:
The ability for staff that take excessive call back to have relief on their next shift if they request it as soon as possible and not receive an occurrence
Our new contract includes improvements in working conditions:
No rotating of shifts unless mutually agreed upon. If needed due to staffing emergencies then volunteers will be sought first. If not enough volunteers are found then the least senior employee will be assigned for no longer than 90 days maximum.
New Standby language:
Standby starts when a worker is released from duty.
SEIU members working 16/hr shifts:
6/hr employees are now considered full time for benefits and overtime
Members vote against PTO
In a separate vote held along with our contract ratification, nearly 60% of members voted against changing over our sick and vacation plans to management’s proposed PTO plan.
Our Bargaining Team:
CJ Gist, OR Nursing Aide, Surgery
John Adams, OR Tech, Surgery
Gail Carricker, NAC, PCU
Kenny Clarke, EVS Tech, EVS
Jeanne Sorensen, EVS Tech, EVS
David Clarke-Levy, Pharmacy Tech, Pharmacy
Fred Mason, Cook, Dietary
Patty Hagen, CSR, Sterile Processing
Horst Noelle, RT, Cardiology
Gayle Courtney, RT, Cardiology
Iris Sorensen, Operator, PBX
Juan Camacho,RT, DI
Charmee Gilliam, RT, DI