June 26 Green Book Wage Re-Opener Update

We met with Essentia Health for the second time to discuss the Year 3 wage re-opener for the Green Book contract. The employer is claiming that they are stretched financially due to inflation, low reimbursements and high costs. And they are refusing to even acknowledge the dramatic increase in our work loads. They offered only a 1% raise. We rejected this, and will be going back to the table tomorrow.