Providence St. Peter Palliative Care RNs Vote Notice

Memorandum Of Understanding Ratification Vote Notice!

Our M.O.U. ratification vote is scheduled for Friday, October 20 at Providence St. Peter Hospital. Our Union Bargaining Team is recommending a “Yes” vote so that we can be added to the larger bargaining unit with the other RNs represented by UFCW 3000 and be placed on the existing wage scale.

Please join us Friday, October 20 in the diagnostic imaging conference room between 11:30AM — 1:30PM to ratify our Memorandum of Understanding!

Directions to the diagnostic imaging conference room: Enter the hospital through the main lobby. Turn left and go to the south lobby. Turn right, passing the reception area and hand swipe the door opener. Go to the end of the hall, turn left, then take an immediate right. Follow that hall and toward the end on the left wall you will see an alcove with two office doors and one to the conference room. There is a sign on the door of the conference room.

Providence St. Peter Palliative Care RN Unit - Tentative Agreement Reached!

On Wednesday, October 4, our Bargaining Team met with the Employer. After a few proposals and counterproposals, we were able to come to a Tentative Agreement with them on the terms of our Memorandum of Understanding! The agreement ensures everyone gets a raise in their placement on the wage scale once we hold a vote to ratify it. It also places us all on the existing UFCW 3000 union wage scale so that we will continue to get raises on our anniversary dates (of hire). Even better, it affords us the protections of the existing union contract and all the benefits within.

What’s next: We will be holding an in-person vote at Providence St. Peter Hospital on Friday, October 20, from 11:30 AM until 1:30 PM so that our coworkers can vote to ratify the Memorandum of Agreement. This will also be an opportunity to ask any questions you may have. We will send out a separate vote notice once we have determined what conference room we will be using.

"We have fought hard for this agreement—and are excited to join the other RNs at Providence St. Peter as members of UFCW 3000!"
—Kim Brown-Rechner, Palliative Care RN

Our Bargaining Team, from left to right:
Crystal Trabue, Palliative Care RN
Kara Evans, Palliative Care RN
Kim Brown-Rechner, Palliative Care RN

Providence St. Peter Palliative Care RNs Bargaining Begins!

We met with Providence St. Peter for our first day of negotiations- and felt positive throughout the first few hours- but as the day went on, we were left feeling a bit deflated. PSPH agreed the entire contract would apply to Palliative Care RNs, including the current wage scale! Unfortunately, we disagree on where on the existing wage scale we would be placed.

Both parties made movement on wage scale placement proposals- but we are still being undervalued by 25% by PSPH. We are awaiting potential dates for our next bargaining session from management.

If you have any questions, please reach out to your bargaining team or our Union Representative Brandan Zielinski (206) 436 6603.

“They’re telling me I have 28 years of experience, and yet I got my 30-year pin in the mail last month?!” —Doyla Doty, Palliative Care RN

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