Contract vote details

Where: Conference room C
When: Dec. 8, 2021

• 0530-0830
• 1130-1400
• 1730-2030

Gains

• Market wage adjustment for Steps 1-7 effective first full pay period after ratification (scheduled for 12/8/21) based on the Hospital’s research of local market wages (see Hospital’s wage scales, attached) in addition to across-the-board raises
• $2,000 BONUS
  • $1,000 bonus first full pay period after ratification for RNs not receiving a market adjustment (i.e. Steps 8 and above) (approximately equivalent to a 1% raise based on the average St. John RN wage rate)
  • Another $1,000 bonus paid the first full pay period in November 2022 for RNs who didn’t receive a market adjustment (approximately equivalent to a 1% raise based on the average St. John RN wage rate) in addition to across-the-board raises
• 9% base wage increase for all steps over the life of the contract (3% first full pay period after 10/1/21, 3% first full pay period after 10/1/22, & 3% first full pay period after 10/1/23)
• First 3% raise for everyone is retroactive to the first full pay period after October 1, 2021
• CES 1 has increased by 25% to $25.00/hour. This CES pay is now permanently embedded in the contract; it no longer has an expiration date
• There is a cap on the number of times management can place RNs on mandatory overtime of no more than twice in a six-month period. If an RN is placed on mandatory overtime more frequently than that, the RN receives an additional $20/hr
• Increase to charge pay to $3.25/hr
• New $2.00/hr DNP Premium
• New Holiday Call pay - $5.25/hr on recognized holidays
• Increase to call pay to $4.60/hr
• Callback now applies to work in advance of shift.
• Clinic nurses now eligible for evening shift differential, same as acute care nurses
• Clinic nurses now eligible for work on day off premium, same as acute care nurses
• Agreement to review Clinic wage parity in last year of the contract.
• Bereavement leave is now four scheduled days
• Staffing Committee: Nurse Representative can now attend. CNO will make a good faith effort to attend as well.
• Charge nurses will primarily precept charge and relief charge nurses whenever possible
• Nurses being oriented can self-evaluate in addition to the charge nurses
• The Hospital clarified that the “12%” limit in the mandatory low census language (Art. 6.9.6) refers expressly to mandatory low census – not voluntary.

Successfully fought off the following take-aways

• Hospital attempted to get rid of the acute care float pool – we preserved the number of positions in the acute care float pool
• Hospital attempted to increase the commitment of per diem nurses
• Hospital attempted to take away personal days.
• Hospital attempted to set a half-hour time limit to report to work after being called in. We agreed that RNs would leave their home within fifteen (15) minutes of being called back.
• Hospital attempted to circumvent seniority by permitting RNs in PNAP to have higher priority in job postings.

Your bargaining team is making a neutral recommendation on this Tentative Agreement.

We encourage everyone to vote on Dec. 8.

You must be a WSNA member in good standing to vote.