Speaking for Ourselves in SEIU
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. The picture below is worth that and more. It's our over-100 person SEIU bargaining team -- who represent every unit and classification at St. Rose. That picture says volumes about the difference between SEIU and CNA.
CNA has
only 4 RNs
at St. Mary's in Reno speaking for 500 nurses. And CNA nurses aren't even allowed to elect their bargaining team.
Click here
to read more about how we speak for ourselves in SEIU -- while CNA nurses can't.
Posted By: SEIU St. Rose Team on 4/17/2008 7:11:00 PM
Six Months from Now...
As we look to the future, it's important to remember what St. Rose caregivers achieved in our first six months in SEIU Nevada -- and to look at what CNA has failed to achieve in its nearly six months representing RNs at St. Mary's in Reno.
2005 - SEIU Wins First St. Rose Contract in 6 MonthsAt St. Rose, we united in SEIU in late October 2004 and by early April 2005 we had a contract with:
- Experienced-based wage scales with everyone to scale within 6 months
- The first pension in any private Nevada hospital
- Call pay more than doubled
- Best floating protections in the Valley
2008 - CNA Still Has NO Contract in 6 MonthsAfter promising St. Mary's-Reno nurses San Francisco wages, CNA hasn't even won a contract -- and now CNA is bogged down bargaining for things like bulletin boards and jury duty pay.
Click here for the full story on our achievements in SEIU vs. the lackluster progress in CNA.
Posted By: SEIU St. Rose Team on 4/15/2008 4:10:00 PM
As We're Fixing Health Insurance, CNA Fails To
Working together in SEIU Nevada, we've made real progress in
fixing our health insurance.
But out in California, CNA can't win a health insurance fix for 4,000 of their RNs.
CNA nurses at Sutter hospitals just held their third strike in six months, but are still stuck with "substandard health care proposals." (San Francisco Chronicle, 3/11/08)
If CNA can't win in California, how can we trust them to win a health insurance fix for us?
Click here to learn more about CNA's failure to deliver for nurses at Sutter Health hospitals.
Posted By: SEIU St. Rose Team on 4/8/2008 3:30:00 PM
Making Progress for All of Us
Our over 100-person SEIU bargaining team -- with the combined strength of RNs and ancillary staff -- continued to make progress in negotiations Wednesday. Caregivers from all three hospitals shared experiences from their own lives and practice, showing CHW management how our new contract proposals will make a difference for our patients, ourselves and our families.
Click here to read our full bargaining update, which includes news about our 
proposals for across-the-board raises, first-in-the nation ancillary staffing ratios and other key improvements at St. Rose.
And keep reading below to see powerful stories from St. Rose caregivers Lyn Montalvo (left) and Ellen Kingsley (right) about the difference it makes to have our whole hospital united in SEIU.
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Posted By: SEIU St. Rose Team on 4/3/2008 2:32:00 PM
A Healthy PTO Policy
This Wednesday, April 2nd, we go back to the bargaining table with CHW management at the
Henderson Convention Center at 9 a.m.
To get a sense of how our over 100-person SEIU bargaining team works to win improvements, you can
click here to get a close-up look at the great PTO proposal we made at our last bargaining session. We’ll be putting forward an exciting new set of proposals this week, so come join us Wednesday at 9.
Hear Our Voice on YouTube Click below to hear Rina Calhoon, RN, from the San Martín ER talk about the difference we're making by having a united voice in SEIU.
Posted By: SEIU St. Rose Team on 3/31/2008 4:11:00 PM
Raising Our Voices for Our Patients & Our Future
A s SEIU Nevada members, we know the value of having a big bargaining team. When we have every job classification, department and campus represented on our bargaining team, we can bargain contracts that improve standards for all of us—and our patients.
On March 20, 75 members of the SEIU Nevada bargaining team sat across the table from our management and put forward a number of serious proposals.
March 20th Bargaining UpdateRead More
Posted By: SEIU St. Rose Team on 3/20/2008 7:28:00 PM
St. Rose RN Sees a Bright Future
Retirement is something many Americans look forward to with fear. But thanks to our SEIU contract, it's different at St. Rose.
In the short video below, Krystal Delmonico, RN (Maternal/Child, Siena) talks about the peace of mind we have in SEIU. This year, we won a retiree health care plan for RNs and ancillary -- the first ever retiree health care plan in a private Nevada hospital, and a plan better than what CNA nurses have in California. Watch the video to learn more.
Posted By: SEIU St. Rose Team on 3/18/2008 5:22:00 PM
Major Health Insurance & Floating Proposals Put Forward
With bargaining heating up, we'll be posting regular updates on our team's progress at the table. In the past few weeks, we've already made strong proposals to improve floating protections and fix the health insurance mess.
Here's the link to the bargaining update from our Feb. 29 session, with good overviews of our floating and health insurance proposals.
Our next bargaining session is this Thursday, March 20, so check back soon to see how we're moving forward.
Posted By: SEIU St. Rose Team on 2/29/2008 3:36:00 PM
Making the Best Even Better
On Monday, February 25th, nurses and ancillary staff at CHW St. Rose Dominican Hospitals returned to the bargaining table to take the best contract ever won at a hospital in a right to work state, and make it even better!
What have the top issues been? What kind of progress have we made to date? Click on one of the links below to read the bargaining updates and learn more about our innovative floating proposal, what we're doing to resolve our health insurance and how ancillary staffing ratios are going to help our patients and every hospital worker's ability to deliver high quality care!
February 29th Bargaining Update February 25th Bargaining Update
The 2008 St. Rose bargaining team hard at work!
Posted By: SEIU St. Rose Team on 2/26/2008 10:41:00 AM