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About Dignity (Salem, OR) 200?-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 2009)
The Struggle For A Fair Contract Continues! After approximately six months of bargaining, we entered into mediation in August. So far, our bargaining team successfully warded off many of state negotiators' take-back proposals, maintained improvements from our previous contracts and made significant improvements to our contract during these tough economic times. Homecare bargaining in action! Highlights of items won so far include: • Paid Time Off: Live-in providers will have the flexibility to take their time off in 4 to 12 hour increments, instead of inflexible 24-hour blocks. This will enable more live-in providers to use paid time off for their personal needs and participate more in union activities. Greater Ability to Build Political Power: Members will be able to’counf o^n a simple and straightforward CAPE contribution process and we can continue to win on important issues to protect our clients and improve the homecare program (see page 5 for more details). Orientations for Live-in Providers: The live-in "Ever since we formed our union, we have fought hard for health care so we can keep ourselves healthy to provide consistent, quality, and safe care for our clients," Homecare Bargaining Chair Bev Mackey said. "We will continue to fight for a fair settlement of our contract." The latest updates on negotiations are available at www.seiu503.org on the homecare page in the~~ Care Providers section. To find out how you can best support your bargaining team, look for a postcard announcing a regional meeting in your area. homecare program can be very confusing to navigate. Orientations for live-in homecare workers will provide critical job For more information on bargaining, please information about pay rates and number of hours authorized contact your bargaining team member: before live-in providers begin work. BG Gray Our bargaining team continues to be most concerned about maintaining affordable healthcare. The state's negotiators last proposal would make health insurance unaffordable for many members. According to some projections, in a couple of years some members could pay up to $200 per month to retain health care coverage under the state proposal. Irina Nasteka Phyllis Wills Patrick Featherstone Susan Gallagher Adam Riggs Gini Griensewic** Lee Meyers LJ Denney Anita Pecoff Kay Foster Beverly Mackey* Bobbie Sotin Alice Redding *Chair **Co-chair 971-221-5939 503-256-5058 503-747-7238 503-566-8560 503-623-7479 541-338-0138 541-967-1866 541-727-1776 541-643-5560 541-385-5992 541-289-1354 541-994-5025 541-756-1533 503-556-3969 Portland Portland Hillsboro Salem Dallas Eugene Tangent Central Camas Bend b g gray@yahoo.com earthin02@yahoo.com MomPhyllis3@msn.com patrick.featherstone@yahoo.com susiegal2008@yahoo.com adamriggs@earthllnk.net griensewics@yahoo.ca Pointgardenquilter5@yahoo.com Valleyoutdoorslady! @yahoo.com anitalp@netzero.net Hermiston squeekers_11@yahoo.com Gleneden Beach beverly_mackey@hotmail.com North Bend bsotin@gmail.com Rainier AllceJR007@Q.com
