Psych-Social 2021 contract bargaining platform
Dear KPC members:
Please read the bargaining platform below and then click the button to sign on in support.
Based on the bargaining survey completed by 70% of our members, the Psych-Social Bargaining Committee has set the following goals as top priorities for negotiations with Kaiser:
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Improved staffing and patient care
- Establish enforceable mechanism to ensure staffing levels for all classifications are adequate to provide clinically appropriate care to patients
Improved working conditions
- Increase Patient Management Time
- Manageable caseloads that allow for adherence to recognized standards of care
- Opportunity to work from home on a regular basis
- Emphasis on racial and cultural diversity in recruitment & retention of employees
Workplace decision making
- Expand labor participation in decision making processes that affect working conditions and/or patient care
- Respect and support for clinical judgment of providers in all treatment decisions, including treatment modality (in person, video, telephone)
Fair wages
- Fair Incentive Plan with metrics and goals jointly set by Labor and Management
- Fair and reasonable wage increase
- Additional longevity step(s)
- Increase bilingual differential
Maintain and improve benefits
- Increase employer contribution to defined contribution plans (401-k, 403-b)
- Add MLK day as a paid holiday
- Improve health benefits, vision and dental; reduce co-pays
- Improve and expand student loan repayment program
- Improve ETO