On August 23rd we met with the Employers for our fourth session of Central Table bargaining. We were able to agree on the following issues:

We are continuing to have discussions around updating our grievance procedure, and giving nursing home workers the ability to sign up to be members of our union by phone and electronically.

While we were happy to see progress on the above issues, we have very serious concerns about the Employers’ approach to economics, specifically around the new minimum wage rates. Instead of coming to the table to talk about how they can and should do “Better than the Minimum”, the Employers are focused on the costs of bringing workers up to minimum wage.

Our next Central Table bargaining session is September 13.