Our RWU bargaining team met with OHSU again yesterday, and has started getting into some economic related articles! A final tentative agreement was reached to round out the year with the Recognition article which defines (and expands) the RWU unit.
We received 2 counterproposals from OHSU on Health & Safety, as well as Modified Operations. While mostly covering differences in verbiage/grammar, OHSU pushed back against providing IWHC (Inclement Weather and Hazardous Conditions Leave) on the grounds that it's too expensive.
OHSU also proposed an article on Insurance Coverage, mostly following 328 language. Much of this is currently negotiated and managed on the Employee Benefits Council and the union representatives on the Council and under this language RWU would have representation following the contract. RWU provided our proposal for the Time Off and Leaves article - defining the types of leave and how they work - along with the Hours of Work article outlining shifts, overtime, etc.
Of note, RWU has pushed for:
All 1.0 FTE union members accrue 26 days of PTO per year, while gaining an additional 1 day of PTO per 5 years of service (retroactively).
8 sick days per year, usable at any time.
Cash out of up to 80 hours of PTO/year, and 250 hours at termination.
A donation pool of PTO for other union members.
All the official OHSU holidays + Juneteenth & Veteran's Day
Additionally, we introduced an Hours of Work Package (multiple articles closely related to one another). The articles within this package include:
Hours of Work - Defines work schedules, rest & meal periods, time between work.
Overtime and Premium Pay - Defines overtime and when it would apply
Differential Pay - Receiving additional pay when work requires more than the norm in terms of shifts/weekends/translation work/etc.
Other reminders:
- You can view copies of the current tentatively agreed upon articles through the RWU website here.
Upcoming important dates:
The next bargaining session is on Thursday, January 9th from 1-5pm. As a reminder, you can observe all bargaining sessions at the RWU-created Webex link below.
Our next RWU General Union meeting will be held virtually on Wednesday, January 15th at 5:30PM. Keep an eye out for more RSVP details after the new year.
Bargaining Session Observation Link:
https://ohsu.webex.com/ohsu/j.php?MTID=ma1a89de4c1b53e3209ae8aaeb8218598
Meeting Number:
2867 749 7423
Meeting Password:
G5Tm3D2ZmgQ
Join from a video or application:
Dial [email protected]
You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number.Join by phone:
+1-503-388-9555
Toll Access code: 28677497423
Global call-in numbers:
https://ohsu.webex.com/ohsu/globalcallin.php?MTID=mde484d4fd69e728b416856acd57b247e
Your RWU Bargaining Team,
Henry Harrison
Lynne Swarbrick
Victoria Halls
Lillian Raley
Wes Horton
Cort Cox
Anna Levy
Caitlin Burbank
