Here are four things to know about the agreement.
1. The agreement includes across-the-board increases of 4 percent annually, acceleration of raises for nurses early in their careers and new longevity raises, the union said.
2. The agreement also calls for additional pay increases for part-time nurses, new payments to nurses who provide nurse training, incentive pay for acquiring advanced nursing skills, and improvements in retirement plan contributions.
3. Additionally, the agreement includes new commitments to increase the availability of part-time positions, procedures that will allow nurses to pre-plan vacations and professional nursing educational opportunities, limits on requirements that nurses work excessive on-call hours, and protection of nurses’ work schedules as the hospitals open and staff new buildings in 2017 and 2018, according to CRONA.
4. This agreement comes after CRONA reached a tentative agreement with Stanford and Packard hospitals last month, after the previous contracts had expired and 84 percent of CRONA’s membership authorized a strike.
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