Home Care Aids at Sea Mar Community Health Centers will hold an informational picket in Seattle on Wednesday, Oct. 14, to raise concerns about their treatment and wages. These 52 workers provide essential services to vulnerable members of our community, allowing them...
Our OPEIU Local 8 Stewards and Rep met with NJP management last week on Monday, Sept. 14, and Friday, Sept. 18, to continue discussions regarding NJP’s budget situation and their anticipated staff reductions. At this time, NJP has not determined which offices or units...
Thank you for your feedback on our bargaining info sessions last week. Our bargaining team needs your experience and support with them in every session to win strong contracts. We heard that retention of staff is not just about pay; it is about adequate staffing, the...
We wanted to share an update on recent happenings, and let you know about an online Crisis Connections Steward Training this Sunday and office hours with your Union Rep next week. RCL & 988 Changes Late last week management announced that the Regional Crisis Line...
After an overwhelming YES vote, we are excited to announce that our agreement is ratified! What Happens Next Note: you do not need to do anything -- payroll implements all of it. Your $1,000 ratification bonus, your back pay, and your new higher rate should all appear...
We’re seeing a record number of new agreements in our negotiations – over 40! We will keep standing up for our priorities because WE are the issue experts. As frontline workers, our experience must be heard to reach a fair agreement. That is what will make a...
As you know by now, we have reached a tentative agreement (TA) with Compass Housing Alliance. We will include the highlights below, but you can click here to view the full TA. Now, it’s time for members to vote! This is your contract – your vote matters. The vote will...
MEET YOUR UNION SHOP STEWARDS We’re excited to share that Carissa Larsen and Kira Munson have stepped up to serve as Shop Stewards alongside Emmanuel Flores! SICK LEAVE ACCRUAL CORRECTION The Union recently identified a discrepancy with employees’ sick leave...
The Union Bargaining Team would like to express our disappointment with Willapa Harbor Hospital management’s recent decision to request mediation instead of presenting an adequate counterproposal to membership. We made it clear that we’d present our members with any...
We had two more bargaining sessions this week, on Tuesday (8/18) and Thursday (8/20). We saw compensation proposals from Samaritan that put considerable money on the table. But this offer came in a package that would only raise up a section of job classes...