Local 5004 Negotiations Update, May 21, 2024
Today(5/21), we had our 11th negotiation session. We worked for most of the morning to provide management with an updated counter on our complete economic package. Management had no response.
Today(5/21), we had our 11th negotiation session. We worked for most of the morning to provide management with an updated counter on our complete economic package. Management had no response.
Despite only offering a $1.75/hour raise, they came to us and rejected almost ALL of our other outstanding economics ... It appears that management is not taking this a seriously as we would have expected given the situation.
Today management finally responded to our J1 (staffing numbers). We had several questions for management on their counteroffer – which neither the CNO nor any of the other management team were prepared or able to answer.
It was a long day of voting, and our members turned out in force. The end result: our members overwhelmingly vote to support a job action or strike if necessary.
We waited all day for management to come and give us a response to our economic and staffing proposals. What we got was a single piece of paper with $1.75/hr. increase proposed for year one. No responses to our other
Today (5/13), we had our 7th negotiation session. While we had hoped to receive a response from management regarding our economic and staffing proposals, they expressed the need for more guidance and time to give a comprehensive response.
Today (May 7), we had our 6th negotiation session. We provided management with our full economic package – wages, differentials and the like. They did not respond to these proposals as, in their words, they do not have our staffing
Today (5/3), we had our 4th negotiation session. We had some back and forth regarding non-economic proposals. A major area of focus today was the ability to access all things related to scheduling, at home.
Today we met with management for our third full day of bargaining for our new contract. We presented management with some new, mostly non-economic proposals.
We are so proud that an overwhelming majority of nurses at Englewood Hospital signed onto our petition demanding safe staffing, equitable pair, and respect at work!
We presented management with our initial package of proposals. After a brief break, management came back with a handful of questions and then left for the day.
The Nominations and Election Committee announces we are now accepting nominations to represent Local 5004 at this year’s HPAE State Federation and AFT National Conventions.