Stevens Hospital: Contract ratified!
More than 350 SEIU Healthcare 1199NW members from throughout Stevens Hospital came together to hear the details of our new contract last Thursday and Friday. The overwhelming majority voted to approve the agreement and many consider it to be the best we’ve ever achieved here at Stevens.
“We won a great contract! The high cost of living adjustment will help to keep pace with inflation. New successorship, subcontracting, and maintenance of benefits language provides more job security than we’ve had in the past. By working with other hospitals to create a training fund and possible future retirement plan, we are building the relationships that will ensure future for healthcare. All of these important steps have moved us in a great direction to make even more progress.”
Some highlights include:
Successorship language that protects our union contract if the hospital is sold
Subcontracting protections to help keep our jobs here at Stevens
Maintenance of benefits ensuring that there will be no increase in cost or loss of coverage in our medical plan
4% raises for everyone in the first year
A training fund created with four other hospitals to support those who want to build careers in healthcare
Agreement to work with other hospitals to create a more secure and portable retirement plan
The right to use meeting rooms at the hospital for union events
To find out more about our unprecedented new contract, contact a Bargaining Team member in your department.
“With all the uncertainty that Stevens has faced recently, our new successorship language will give us the security we need moving forward. ” —Diane Moller, RN SCN
“With the cost of everything going up these days, it was important to win protection against rising healthcare costs and a cost of living increase that kept up with the economy. By staying strong together, we accomplished that and more!” —Karen Borozan, RN, MBU
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Our Bargaining Team members:
Kathy Welch, Dietary
Jay Hepworth, CT
Jung Ohm, US
Heidi Hannon-Rose, US
Bobby Hawbaker, Radiology
Debi Sansoucie-Burpee, Pavillion US
Karen Borozan, MBU
Jodi Mar, MBU
James Nakasone, Lab
Phyllis Henry, Lab
Chris Mallory, Lab
Mavrick Homer, Recovery
Sue Riel, Recovery
Joe Chartier, PCU
Linda Dafler, PCU
Bobbi Gant, ICU
Jackie McGeachy, ICU
Diane Moller, SCN
Barbara Franke, CS
Bob Burns, EVS
Mary Burns, Patient Reg
Laura Sommer, ER
Kristi Franulvich, ER
Bill Hickey, Case Management
Michael Faltisco, Case Management
Mary McNaughton, 8W |