Bargaining Tracker
We’ve launched a bargaining tracker where you can check out which items we have brought forth during collective bargaining and the status of each article. We will update the tracker after each bargaining session to share our progress on winning a historic first contract! We’ll also share bargaining updates via e-mail and Instagram!
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TL;DR: UMMC provided a comprehensive economic counter that was not only markedly less substantive than our original economic proposal, but also minimally different from our existing contracts. They also expressed their displeasure at our line-the-hallways action, and used it as justification to unilaterally cancel the following bargaining session on 4/11. We will be sharing more details about the session, their proposals, and bargaining in general in a new series of Zoom meetings, the first of which will be this Wednesday, 4/16, at 7 pm. Join us to find out what our next steps will be and how you can get involved.
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TLDR: It has been 60+ days since we introduced our economic package, and UMMC has yet to discuss salary or key benefits with us. We're 6 months into bargaining, so we demand they start addressing Housestaff priorities now! Sign the contract action pledge to join efforts to put pressure on UMMC for timely negotiations.
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TLDR: We reached 3 TAs on more non-economic articles and continue to work diligently on negotiations with Admin on remaining non-economic proposals. Admin has signaled that official counter-proposals on our economic package will likely be ready by our bargaining session next week. We plan to hold them to it with the help of all the housestaff.
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TLDR: Admin had questions on our economic proposals to understand current processes and procedures, demonstrating an ignorance of how diverse our program experiences can be and highlighting the importance of engagement from all housestaff during the bargaining process so our team can speak for everyone. We also reached two effective TAs on non-economic articles and a plan for counter-proposals on remaining non-economics.
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TL;DR: We delivered our complete economic package to Admin with a stellar presentation backing up our asks with the information and stories you have shared. As we anticipate rebuttals from Admin on economics and non-economics, keep up the supportive energy so Admin remembers they are not bargaining with just the housestaff across the table, but with the 950+ housestaff at UMMC.
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TL;RD: We got remaining counter-proposals on non-economic items, TA’ed two proposals (union security and moonlighting), and exchanged essential information that will help us continue bargaining effectively and come to a compromise on other items.
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This session was more back and forth on some non-economic proposals and a discussion to hammer down dates for bargaining in the new year and finally approaching economics.
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TL;DR: We had two back-to-back bargaining sessions that allowed us to build on discussions and come to an agreement on four proposals, totaling six TAs so far. We explained the remaining non-economic proposals by sharing stories we gathered from housestaff with Admin. As we continue to work on the economic asks, keep those testimonials coming.
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TL;DR: We had two bargaining sessions last week that were congenial with a bit of back and forth on several proposals, might be close to more tentative agreements soon! We’re shifting the focus to economic proposals that we have been working on and hope to introduce those ASAP. Plan to continue the current bargaining schedule and set dates in the new year.
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TL;DR: We reached a tentative agreement on two proposals, Labor Management Committee and the Non-Discrimination Clause. We introduced three more proposals related to moonlighting rights, the privacy of the EAP program, and union representation on hospital committees. Admin provided counter-proposals to some of our original proposals that we will review and discuss at our next session.
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TL;DR: Bargaining started today!
We delivered the first 18 non-economic proposals of our future contract to fairly positive reception. UMMC will betaking the next two weeks to review further and will come back with their critiques and suggestions at our next meeting on 11/7.
