CWA 1133 Communications Vital Signs

July 2025 Vital Signs

Mobilizing:

We have been rounding all departments with CHS staffing report cards. The next action will be keychains! Bargaining Updates come out very often, please keep an eye out for them.

We have moved to electronic voting! If you have an updated email address, please call the office 828-1133 with your correct email or email [email protected]with your name, site, department and job title. We will be voting via email for contract ratification when the time comes. If we do not have your email, you cannot vote!
 

Lead Mobilizers for Kenmore: Cheryl Tumia RN 3E, Fred Rich RN 3E, Courtney Polasik RN MRU, Hannah May RN Float.

Lead Mobilizers for Mercy: Bob Scime Radiology Support, Rebecca Aldrow Pharmacy Tech, Kerri Diebold-Phillips ED ITA, Cody Wagner RN CVICU, Lisa Golab RN Mother Baby, Matt O'Connell RN Stress Lab, Chanell Jones Central Supply, Andrea Gilmour ED ITA, Jenn Liberti RN Mother Baby, Lovei Martin CNA OLV, Brendon Moskal OR Tech, Dean Mesi Float Pool RN.

Lead Mobilizer for St. Joes: Julianna Chapman RN Hall 4

PLEASE REACH OUT TO YOUR MOBILIZER IF YOU ARE MISSING A BADGE HOLDER AND/OR BUTTON!

Parades Coming Up:

• August 16 - Puerto Rican & Hispanic
• September 1 - Labor Day
• More information for each parade to come.

Reminders & Updates:

• There will be no contractual increase in June until the contract is resolved, and retro will be negotiated.
• Please remember after 1 minute, you are late. Starting at 12 lates/ leave earlies, you get corrective action. If written warning, you cannot bid. Corrective actions are based on a rolling year NOT a calendar year!
• We will no longer respond to questions on the BMH and KMH Facebook group. It’s an out-of-date page. Please use the other Facebook group CWA Local 1133 Updates.
• If you have any questions about the union contract, please call the union hall.
• If you are interested in communicating information to your unit regarding bargaining updates, please contact Bob Scime at the union hall 716-828-1133.

Article 42: Staffing Incentive Program::

• Section 1. Bonus payments will be paid for all hours worked above the employees’ weekly budgeted hours, in additional to the employees’ regular pay (or overtime rate, if applicable) as follows:
  • a. ten dollars ($10.00) per hour for each hour worked above their budgeted FTE for Registered Nurses
  • b. eight dollars ($8.00) per hour, for each hour worked above their budgeted FTE for Technical employees; and
  • c. six dollars ($6.00) per hour, for each hour worked above their budgeted FTE for Clerical and Service.
• Section 2. Bonus payments will be paid to any employee who is receiving overtime pay for the time worked.
• Section 3. Bonus payments will be paid to an employee who agrees to work additional hours when they are scheduled to take PTO.
• Section 4. Any call off during the pay period in which an extra shift is worked will result in forfeiture of bonus payment for that pay period. The attendance policy will apply to call offs for shifts previously committed to.
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• Article 40: Staffing/Clinical Staffing Committee, Section 3, H:
• If a hospital falls below its established staffing level based on actual census in any quarter, the Hospital will pay employees picking up extra shifts in the following quarter an additional four dollars ($4.00) per hour for Registered Nurses and three dollars ($3.00) per hour for all other employees, over what they would normally be paid under CT Article 42, Staffing Incentive Program

2nd Quarter Retirees:

• Eanoch Montanez, MHB EVS 3/3/25

• Kathleen Dayka, MHB RN 3/9/25

• Sally Kuebler, MHB RN 3/11/25

• Allison Edsell, MHB Surg Tech 3/12/25

• Kathleen Engelhardt, MHB Rad Clerk 3/22/25

• Ann Caroline Lazarz, MHB Rad Tech 4/30/25

• Gale Stenzel, MHB RN 5/3/25

• Kathryn Scribner, KMH RN 5/4/25

• Jeanette Sedlacek, MHB RN 5/5/25

• Lisa Kishbaugh MHB CT Tech 5/16/25

• LaNor Armstrong, MHB RN 5/31/25

• Margaret Blenski, MHB RN 6/8/25

This update was brought to you by the Communications Committee:

Rebecca Aldrow, Jamie Banks, Kerri Diebold-Phillips, Kimberly Hayward, Brian Magner, Kevonna Neely, Larry Potts, Sharon Scime, Bonnie Shantz and Jennifer Williams.