We had another day of negotiations with Essentia Health today. We continue to debate over a number of issues. One example is call pay. The union is pushing to get Essentia to at least be competitive with other local employers, like St. Luke’s (who pays $7.80/hr for call), but the employer disagrees. Another example regards vacation. We want the company to commit to responding timely to time off requests, as workers shouldn’t have to wait until the schedule is posted to find out if their time off they requested six months ago has been approved or not! And then there is wages. The company has barely moved from their previous proposal. Essentia seems to believe that all of our hard work and sacrifices are only worth a raise of 1.5% for 2020, ½% for 2021 and ½% for 2022. What does everybody? Are you fed up? If so, see you next Saturday on June 26!
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