NJNU met with KMC/SBBH for another bargaining session. Management responded to the Union's proposals as well as presented their demands to the NJNU Bargaining Committee. NJNU has requested the following changes be made to the collective bargaining agreement:
Hours § Address the issue of breaks and lunches§ On-call issues addressed as well as shift differentials for those that are called into work. | Work Assignments § Would like to modify the pull divisions, as well as implement a pull policy. § Would like to set up a float pool for Critical Care divisions and Maternal Child divisions. |
FMLA § Need to ensure that all members are protected under the FMLA, where applicable. | Holidays § Would like to establish a policy that addresses how members will be granted their holidays off. |
Shifts & Differentials § Address the terms under which members can have their shifts rotated. § Would like for every member to receive a weekend differential for all hours worked. | Staffing § NJNU would like to have a joint labor/management committee to address the many staffing issues that currently plague our facilities. |
Continuing Education § Would like to implement a program that would assist our members in maintaining the 30 c.e.u.’s that are required by the NJ Board of Nursing. | Education Programs § Would like to have educational sessions for those members that work on the night shifts. Members should not have to be in-serviced on their own time. |
Recognition § Want to protect those nurses that function as a charge nurse. | Bulletin Boards § Need to have a union bulletin board on every unit for our members. |
Economics § We have not discussed economics to date. However, NJNU would like to have increases to a few of the differentials as well as the base wage. | Miscellaneous § Would like to ensure that our members are not forced to do non-nursing duties. § Would also like to be able to meet with the new hires for 30 minutes during their orientation. |
