Providence Portland Medical Center (PPMC) Bargaining Update #6 Oregon Nurses Association Bargaining Unit Newsletter MEMBERSHIP MATTERS For a better bargaining unit and a stronger voice for nurses at Providence Portland Medical Center Bargaining Continues We held our seventh bargaining session on Jan. 3 for a half day where ONA presented counter proposals to the management team. We met again for our eighth bargaining session on Jan. 7. Your ONA team said NO to management’s proposal to freeze extended illness time (EIT) accruals at the end of 2019 and phase out EIT by the end of the calendar year 2020. Management proposed to replace EIT with a short term disability benefit that covers 65 percent of wages after a waiting period of seven calendar days (must use paid time off [PTO] during the waiting period) and a maternity/paternity leave program. Your bargaining team thinks this is a major takeaway that will negatively impact a lot of people. Management put out their own bargaining update on Jan. 2 on multicolored paper. Their bargaining update was hard to identify as coming from Providence. You will always see ONA branding on our newsletters, so pay close attention as we move forward to what you are reading and who it is from. In management’s update referencing “bargaining session #5” (they are actually referencing the sixth bargaining session on Dec. 17 where management presented the EIT takeaway), they presented a chart titled “New PTO Actual Plan offering more hours to nurses,” and claimed the “new PTO benefit is a richer benefit for all nurses.” Their chart was based on 1.0 FTE/eight-hour shift. The majority of our nurses are 0.9 FTE/12-hour shifts. Your ONA bargaining unit Chair, Sabra Bederka, was quick to catch their error! Check out the chart on page two to see how management’s proposed changes will impact a 0.9 FTE nurse. For 0.9 FTE nurses, who comprise the bulk of the nurses employed at PPMC, the changes to the PTO/ EIT/short-term disability (STD) program that the medical center has proposed would result in one single year of increased PTO accrual - year three. The remainder of the years of service would see either no Continued on page 2 Upcoming Bargaining Dates (scheduled so far): Jan. 17, 2019 (Thursday) Jan. 24, 2019 (Thursday) Feb. 5, 2019 (Tuesday) Feb. 11, 2019 (Monday) March 11, 2019 (Monday) March 22, 2019 (Friday) *Bargaining is usually 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in HCC8; however, times and locations may vary so contact a bargaining team member if you plan to attend. Your ONA Bargaining Team: • Sabra Bederka, RN, Critical Care Services • Richard Botterill, RN, Emergency Room • Rudolph Francis, RN, Critical Care Services 2K • Beth Gately, RN Surgical Services/Operating Room • Christine Bernier, RN, Emergency Room • Kristin Harman, RN, Respiratory Cardiology 2R • Kim Martin, RN, 5R Medical Unit PPMC Administration Team: • Dan Mueller, Labor Attorney • Jennifer Gentry, Chief Nurse Executive • Jeannie Mikulic, Director of Human Resources • Patti Langdon, HR Business Partner • Jason Plamondon, Nurse Manager 2R • Camilla Collins, Director of Nursing, Critical Care/ED • Michelle Campbell, Nurse Manager 5K, IRU, and IVT Team
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Providence Portland Medical Center (PPMC) Bargaining Update #6 Oregon Nurses Association
Bargaining Unit Newsletter
MEMBERSHIP MATTERS For a better bargaining unit and a stronger voice
for nurses at Providence Portland Medical Center
Bargaining Continues
We held our seventh bargaining session on Jan. 3 for
a half day where ONA presented counter proposals to
the management team. We met again for our eighth
bargaining session on Jan. 7.
Your ONA team said NO to management’s proposal
to freeze extended illness time (EIT) accruals at the
end of 2019 and phase out EIT by the end of the
calendar year 2020. Management proposed to replace
EIT with a short term disability benefit that covers 65
percent of wages after a waiting period of seven
calendar days (must use paid time off [PTO] during the
waiting period) and a maternity/paternity leave
program. Your bargaining team thinks this is a major
takeaway that will negatively impact a lot of people.
Management put out their own bargaining update on
Jan. 2 on multicolored paper. Their bargaining update
was hard to identify as coming from Providence. You
will always see ONA branding on our newsletters, so
pay close attention as we move forward to what you
are reading and who it is from. In management’s
update referencing “bargaining session #5” (they are
actually referencing the sixth bargaining session on
Dec. 17 where management presented the EIT
takeaway), they presented a chart titled “New PTO
Actual Plan offering more hours to nurses,” and
claimed the “new PTO benefit is a richer benefit for all
nurses.” Their chart was based on 1.0 FTE/eight-hour
shift. The majority of our nurses are 0.9 FTE/12-hour
shifts. Your ONA bargaining unit Chair, Sabra
Bederka, was quick to catch their error! Check out the
chart on page two to see how management’s
proposed changes will impact a 0.9 FTE nurse.
For 0.9 FTE nurses, who comprise the bulk of the
nurses employed at PPMC, the changes to the PTO/
EIT/short-term disability (STD) program that the
medical center has proposed would result in one
single year of increased PTO accrual - year three. The
remainder of the years of service would see either no
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