After a brief one-week break, the Hospitals continued negotiations with UHW on June 30, and signed off on three additional tentative agreements and discussed some other not yet settled non-economic articles. The parties signed tentative agreements (TAs) regarding “Mergers,” and “Severability,” and signed a partial TA regarding “Stewards,” covering all but one issue. The remaining aspect of the article on Stewards relates to economics and will be handled during that phase of negotiations. Read more here.
 
Updated: Monday, July 6, 2009

Over the last two bargaining sessions, held on June 10 and 16, the Hospitals continued to make progress with UHW on several non-economic proposals. In the June 16th session, the parties signed two tentative agreements: “Joint Management and Labor Committee” and “Performance Evaluations.” In addition, the parties continue to make progress on three non-economic proposals—“Discipline and Discharge,” “Hours of Work,” and “Leaves of Absence.” Read more here.
 
Updated: Thursday, June 18, 2009

On May 19 and June 2, the Hospitals continued negotiations with UHW discussing numerous non-economic proposals, including agreement, discipline, employment categories, hours of work, Joint Management & Labor Committee, leaves of absence and performance evaluations. Read more here.
 
Updated: Monday, June 8, 2009

On May 5 and May 13, the Hospitals and UHW continued productive discussions on articles related to Employment Categories, Layoffs, Discipline, Trial Periods, and Hours of Work. Each side has continued to make progress and adjustments in an attempt to come closer to an agreement on these critical articles. Read more here.
 
Updated: Monday, May 18, 2009

The Hospitals and UHW reached tentative agreements on three non-economic proposals and continued to move closer towards agreements in several areas during their sessions on April 22nd and April 28th. The parties signed tentative agreements for the articles on Seniority, Non-Discrimination in Employment, and Personnel files while talks continued on Resignation, Discipline, Grievance, and Personnel Files. Read more here.
 
Updated: Friday, May 1, 2009

On April 8th, the Hospitals and UHW continued to work on mutually agreeable language in the Resignation, Discipline, Grievance, Seniority, and Personnel Files proposals. The parties also began to discuss proposals for Nondiscrimination in Employment. Read more here.
 
Updated: Tuesday, April 14, 2009

On March 31st, the Hospitals and UHW continued to work on mutually agreeable language in the Resignation, Discipline, Grievance, and Seniority proposals. The parties also began to discuss proposals for Personnel Files and Employment Categories. Read more here.
 
Updated: Friday, April 3, 2009

On March 24th, the Hospitals and UHW each provided counterproposals on previously discussed non-economic items. The parties are continuing to make progress on these items and there has been a noticeable increase of the pace of the last several sessions. Read more here.
 
Updated: Thursday, March 26, 2009

On March 17th, UHW presented the Hospitals with an additional counterproposal to the Hospitals’ package proposal containing sections for management rights, union security and access, work rules, and no strikes. We continue to have productive dialog on these issues. Read more here.
 
Updated: Friday, March 20, 2009

On March 11, Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued his decision siding with the hospitals’ position regarding the non-existence of SEIU Local 715, a union which previously represented approximately 1,450 employees at Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Read more here.
 
Updated: Monday, March 16, 2009