Bargaining continued last week, and the elected bargaining team continues to make progress at the table. The process of bargaining slowed down around the holidays, partially because our successful strike forced management to pick a new Board of Trustees and CEO, but things are picking up now.
Keidaw Kobbah, a bargaining team member and Registered Nurse at John George Psychiatric Hospital, notes that, after the new Trustees and CEO came in, bargaining has been “A much more cooperative effort, with more a spirit of give and take than in the past,” but also says that management is still trying to take things away from our members, including “The safety net of emergency PTO days. Taking away emergency PTO punishes families, and encourages people to come to work sick and send their kids to daycare sick. It isn’t right, and we have to fight it.”
Recent moves at the bargaining table include submitting our staffing matrices, and holding fast on our economic proposals. We expect to resolve those proposals last, and are working hard to get there. You can help us win by joining the Contract Action Team today!
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