2008 Contracts

SEIU Targets 2008 Contracts





2008 Unity Platform
One Contract One contract for all hospitals under the same employer Quality Care Quality care committees Patient advocacy fund Voice in service expansion and delivery 3rd party arbitration of staffing disputes Wages Wage scales to ensure equity Reduce disparities by geography and employer Improvements to shift differentials, weekend differentials, on-call pay, bilingual pay and others Health Care Benefits 100% Employer-paid family health insurance plan Cost containment on PPO co-pays and other out-of-pocket costs Right to bargain over any changes to health plans Organizing Rights Residual organizing rights Organizing Rights for other hospitals in our system Stronger language and stricter enforcement mechanism	Employment and Income Security Ban on subcontracting Successor language No lay-offs No daily cancellation Union registry Union Rights Paid time for stewards and increase maximum number of stewards Paid time for bargaining team and increase size of bargaining team Expanded union leave Annual release time for stewards to do union work Retirement with Dignity Defined benefit pension plan 401K or 403b Retiree Health Insurance Improvements to existing retirement plans Education and Training Education leave Tuition reimbursement Participation in UHW Training and Upgrade Fund up to .5%