This week is really important! And it’s almost over!
News and Updates
UMMAP Statement on Possible SEIU Strike
Our sibling union the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) have announced they will strike on Tuesday, October 15th if they are unable to reach a fair agreement with management.
Marginalized, Inundated & Underpaid = High Turnover
There is a high turnover rate amongst new exercise physiologists. Much of our time is spent training new staff quickly.
UMMAP Files ULP Charge
On Tuesday, UMMAP leadership filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission against Michigan Medicine/University of Michigan, alleging that the hospital system repeatedly engaged in bad faith bargaining and has illegally censored employee speech in a bid to crack down on dissent.
Significant Moves on Negotiations
Our bargaining team made a significant negotiations move on Wednesday, proposing to package all outstanding non-economic contract items together to greatly speed up the bargaining process and shift negotiations to salary and other economic items.
Michigan Medicine’s Many Hands of Patient Care
Each one of us is a part of a complex web that is outstanding comprehensive patient care. We make that happen because we are dedicated professionals!
Fair Contract Now!!!
As Michigan Medicine management continues to drag its feet in responding to our fair and reasonable salary proposal, UMMAP bargainers attempted to move several proposals forward on Wednesday to get us closer to a finalized collective bargaining agreement.
Negotiations Recap: Seeing More Progress
Michigan Medicine management is yet to respond to the salary proposal we presented in July, but negotiations on non-economic issues progressed on Wednesday with four more tentative agreements reached.
Fair Contract Now!
We’re being treated like second class citizens. Respiratory Therapists were told that they were lucky to have jobs during COVID! It’s time to put more pressure on the administration!
Michigan Medicine, we need more than pizza!
That was the message Wednesday when the UMMAP bargaining team presented the outline of our salary proposal to University of Michigan leadership at the bargaining table.
Our employer is profitable and has significant reserves, and yet employees have worked under low and stagnant wages. Other unions have secured strong contracts in recent years, and we expect to be treated the same. The time is now for leadership to pay us what we’re worth.