Please see bellow Management proposal for Transcriptionists at UNMH.

We have been in negotiation with management for several months, ever since a change in technology changed the way Transcriptionists do their job. The change accrued in September of 2011. At that time management said that the employees should be able to do 4 times as much work in the same amount of time. Since employees get paid per line not per hour, this would mean a change in wages as well as mandatory line counts.

The employees and the Union were able to reduce this expectation to 2times the amount of work. This was still more than what has been proven to be the case. We are now producing 1.60 to 1.65 times the amount of work as we were able to produce before the change in technology. Management still wants it to be at 1.8, which we believe is not fair to the employees. They also want an increase to the line count way beyond 1.8.

We will continue to fight for fairness in this contract. Managements offer at this time is not acceptable and we will be giving them a new proposal.    

We are waiting to go to negotiations on the full agreement with the L&T contract and wages on the SS contract. We have requested dates from management for this over a month ago and have not received a response. We will keep everyone up to date on this issue as it unfolds.

UNMH  License & Technical Full Contract Negotiations will be taking place in June 2012

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Gail Williams, Diane Spencer, and Sharon Argenbright. Holding a copy of Memorial 51 for safe staffing ratios, which was passed by the House of Representatives!

Support legislation we worked with Rep. Brian Egolf to introduce.  Link for more details

Support House Memorial 51 - Report on Nurse to Patient Ratios

POWER IN NUMBERS; HM51 calls upon the state to study staffing levels and determine what levels are safe. This report will pave the way for a Safe Staffing bill next year. With supporters filling the hearing room it passed the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee passed HM51 5-0 (with modifications). On Wednesday night it passed the House 59-4 with 7 absent.

Many thanks to Representative Brian Egolf for championing our concerns, and Bruce Wethebee for working to get this through, everyone who attended the hearings.

You can read HM51 and see who voted here link to HM51

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