Patricia Briggs | Sunday, August 08, 2010 9:15:00 PM
I have been asked why there are no updates to negotiations? Because, there is nothing to update.
PRN and ECH are talking and trying to reach an agreement on new wages, benefits and other working conditions. Since we do not submit proposals and count...
Patricia Briggs | Monday, May 31, 2010 8:14:00 PM
Change is in the air at MCH in Mountain View. Management has decided the model of care in MCH is going to change to Couplet Care or "Family Centered Maternity Care". The change to couplet care will happen after the RNs and management have devel...
Patricia Briggs | Sunday, March 28, 2010 7:13:00 PM
I accidently deleted two comments before they were published to the blog. Ooops. Sorry.
One of the comments stated the RN preferred no wage increase in order to keep the benefits the way they are now. This is based on the fact that wages are taxed a...
Patricia Briggs | Sunday, March 28, 2010 7:06:00 PM
The Hospital came to PRN requesting time to review their finances before moving forward with negotiations (after March 19, 2010). The PRN Negotiating Team believes giving ECH the time they need will make negotiations more realistic and not reactive.
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Patricia Briggs | Saturday, March 20, 2010 1:15:00 AM
PRN and ECH decided to extend the current 2008-2010 contract to September 30, 2010 (see Joint Communique under ANNOUNCEMENTS). ECH needs time to gather and analyze new/additional financial information before moving forward with bargaining economic in...
Patricia Briggs | Friday, February 26, 2010 11:29:00 PM
PRN and ECH have met three times. We have four more days scheduled before March 20th when the contract expires.
Here is a list of topics we are discussing:
1. The use of ED versus EL
2. Work schedules: vacations, PTO, when posted, full-time/part-t...
Patricia Briggs | Friday, January 29, 2010 12:09:00 AM
Our current contract expires on March 20th. Negotiations on a new contract begin Friday, February 5th. On the eve of negotiations I always start thinking about where we've come and where we are going.
RNs at ECH have been organized since 1966. You w...
Patricia Briggs | Monday, December 21, 2009 6:06:00 PM
The history of union representation at El Camino Hospital dates back to 1966. PRN formed out of the ECH Staff Nurses' Association in1979. Beginning in 1998 ECH and PRN have used Interest-Based Bargaining (IBB) as our negotiating format. We have been ...
Patricia Briggs | Monday, November 09, 2009 3:29:00 PM
Social networking (FaceBook, MySpace, Twitter, blogs) can be great fun and an easy, quick way to share information. It can also lead to misunderstanding and unintended consequences. There is a fine line between freedom of speech and violating an empl...
Patricia Briggs | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 6:21:00 PM
There are some RNs, especially on the night shift, who think they can combine rest and meal breaks into one long sleep period. This is not legal.
There are some RNs, especially those working 12-hour shifts, who think they are entitled to two (2) mea...
Patricia Briggs | Tuesday, March 03, 2009 2:41:00 PM
The coming of spring and Daylight Savings Time brings the start of a new era for PRN. On March 3, 2009 PRN launched our new blog "Nurses' Notes, prn". The purpose of the blog is to share information with the RNs and to get feedback.
Currently PRN is...