SRMC RN CONTRACT VOTE

Friday, August 22, 2008

SRMC management has offered the nurses at the hospital a two year contract. This offer includes an across the board 3.25% salary increase for all members upon ratification of the contract and a 4% salary increase on June 1, 2009. Management has agreed to paying 80% of any health insurance increases during the life of the contract and they are willing to increase weekend shift differential from 5% of pay to $2.60 per hour worked. Management has also agreed to have all nurses represented under this contract to pay dues if the employee works in the pay period in which dues are withdrawn. 

The package also includes an increase in PTO for employees with over fifteen (15) years of service at SRMC as well as SRMC matching 2.5% of a nurses contribution to the 401k plan. Management has agreed to record and track PTO accrual for involuntary call-offs and they have agreed to recognizing CPAN certification for the Recovery and PACU Units as well as the grandfathering of the current employees with a CCRN certification in those units. Management has agreed to add the nurses floating holidays to their PTO account each calendar year. The amount of time being equal to their respective shift assignment.

A vote of the members is scheduled for August 25 through 28, 2008.