July 14, 2023

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Tentative Agreement Highlights

No subcontracting for the life of the 3-year agreement (December 1, 2022 – November 30, 2025).
Common contract expiration dates with RWMC and Home Health (November 30, 2025).
Restrictions on floating: your department/unit must be overstaffed and the department/unit you’re floating to must be understaffed, you can’t be assigned duties/tasks you’re not oriented/trained for, volunteers first, can’t be floated more than twice per shift.
Hospital must comply with all safety/health related policies/procedures.
Hospital must comply with state regulations.
CPI training must be offered to all employees.
Weekend differential increased to $3.75.
Preceptor pay increased to $1.50.
On-Call pay increased to $2.75.
No increase in the dollar amount employees pay for the EPO (which is the same or less than what the RNs pay).
No increase in the % employees currently pay for the other health insurance plans.
Wages

All employees will be placed on new wage scales in the first payroll period after December 1, 2022. Placement on the wage scales will result in significant wage increases.

All employees below the maximum of their wage scale will get a a 6% or 7% step increase in December 2023.

All employees will get an additional 3% COLA in June 2024.

All employees below the maximum of their wage scale will get another 5 ½ or 6% step increase in December 2024.

All employees will get an additional 3% COLA in June 2025.

Employees who are above their wage scale will get up to a 3% bonus in December of 2022 and the 3% pay increases in June of 2024 and June of 2025.