Unit 17 Bargaining Updates | SEIU Local 1000

Highlights from Unit 17 Tentative Agreement

Aug 11, 2023 | Post

Early Saturday morning, the SEIU Local 1000 bargaining team reached an overall Tentative Agreement with the State. If ratified, the contract would significantly raise the wage floor for tens of thousands of state workers. It represents the largest three-year contract...

New MOT deal reached after State said “no” a week ago

Aug 11, 2023 | Uncategorized

Tentative agreements add transparency, accountability, and a path to improvement One week after hearing from the State that they had “no interest” in bargaining over mandatory overtime (MOT), our team pushed back, and after a marathon 17-hour bargaining session, won...

Mandatory Overtime (MOT) Side Table Summary 8.1.23. State negotiators signal MOT is a preferred staffing tool, reject improvements, and disrespect medical staff

Aug 1, 2023 | Uncategorized

Today, State negotiators told us in the clearest possible terms that they don’t care about the health care professionals we represent; that the personal safety and work/life balance of the LVNs, CNAs, and RNs isn’t a priority, nor is the quality of the patient care...

Bargaining Unit 17 Recap: Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Jul 18, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 17 Updates

Today’s Unit 17 bargaining session was both brief and productive. We reached a tentative agreement that protects previous hard-fought language and exchanged and discussed two other counterproposals. With today’s tentative agreement on contract section 19.9.17, our...

Bargaining Unit 17 Recap: Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Jul 11, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 17 Updates

Unit 17’s bargaining session today was marked by productive discussion on a number of issues, capped by two tentative agreements that ensure greater safety for our represented nurses. Working in prisons with inmate patients always presents the risk of dangerous...