The agreement covers 4,300 SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West members, who work at:
- High Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree
- Doctors Hospital of Manteca
- Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock
- Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs
- San Ramon Regional Medical Center
- Los Alamitos Medical Center
- Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo
- John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Indio
- Lakewood Regional Medical Center
- Doctors Medical Center in Modesto
- Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton
According to a union news release, the agreement includes quarantine pay, worker support and lodging, and compliance with state PPE guidelines. It also includes 3 percent yearly raises and higher standby pay, bumps minimum wage to $19.50 per hour and maintains healthcare and other benefits.
Both sides praised the deal.
In the union news release, Gisella Thomas, a respiratory therapist at Desert Regional Medical Center, said SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West “stood together to improve safety protocols — and to advocate for wages and benefits that reflect the hard work we do every day for our patients.”
Tenet spokesperson Todd Burke told Becker’s via email that the for-profit hospital operator views the agreement as “good for employees and our hospitals.”
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