After resoundingly rejecting a contract offer from Allina Health, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota members at Unity Hospital in Fridley are keeping up the pressure for a fair settlement.
On Wednesday, several workers delivered a letter to hospital management requesting they receive parity with workers at Mercy Hospital in nearby Coon Rapids.
Recently, Allina announced it was merging Unity and Mercy under one license, eliminating duplicate services and operating them as two campuses of the same facility.
Yet the company’s offer to Unity employees, rejected by a 95 percent vote on June 29, was far below the wages and benefits provided at Mercy, workers said.
Workers at Unity joined the union a year ago and have been bargaining their first contract since February. The group includes nursing assistants, unit coordinators, pharmacy technicians, environmental aides, dietary aides, cooks, emergency department technicians, telemetry technicians, radiology assistants and transportation workers. Altogether, they play a key role in every level of patient care.
During last month’s strike by registered nurses at Unity, Mercy and three other Allina Health facilities, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota members marched the picketlines and held a rally in support.
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After resoundingly rejecting a contract offer from Allina Health, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota members at Unity Hospital in Fridley are keeping up the pressure for a fair settlement.
On Wednesday, several workers delivered a letter to hospital management requesting they receive parity with workers at Mercy Hospital in nearby Coon Rapids.
Recently, Allina announced it was merging Unity and Mercy under one license, eliminating duplicate services and operating them as two campuses of the same facility.
Yet the company’s offer to Unity employees, rejected by a 95 percent vote on June 29, was far below the wages and benefits provided at Mercy, workers said.
Workers at Unity joined the union a year ago and have been bargaining their first contract since February. The group includes nursing assistants, unit coordinators, pharmacy technicians, environmental aides, dietary aides, cooks, emergency department technicians, telemetry technicians, radiology assistants and transportation workers. Altogether, they play a key role in every level of patient care.
During last month’s strike by registered nurses at Unity, Mercy and three other Allina Health facilities, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota members marched the picketlines and held a rally in support.