Published: August 30, 2017

We met with the Employers for our third session of bargaining. It was a very productive session and we came to an agreement on the following issues:

  • Trainings for new managers and anyone doing staffing in our facilities. The Employers recognized the importance of managers being educated in the contract so our rights and the processes in our contracts are respected. This new language will appear in our Nursing Home Alliance Agreement later this year.
  • More paid, hands on training for new nursing staff. We will now get up to 5 days paid training! We will also be working with the Employers around implementing new dementia and Alzheimer’s trainings at our facilities.
We are close to agreement on the following issues and hope to resolve them in our next session:
  • Immigration language protecting the rights of immigrant workers
  • Contract trainings for Healthcare Services Group
We are still working through the following issues:
  • Giving nursing home workers more access to their union and the ability to sign up to become a member by phone or electronically.
  • Updates to our grievance language.
Our next session is on August 23rd. Other sessions will be on September 13 and September 21.

For more information, speak to the union stewards in your facility or contact your SEIU organizer at 1.844.503.SEIU.