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amount of the ratification bonus that employees will receive after ratification. “Harrison would like to achieve a fair contract and has made many concessions over the past months of bargaining,” LaMarche wrote. “Harrison hopes the enhanced bonus offer will make that happen. We have asked the union to vote on Harrison’s offer so that you, the employees, can decide if this is a fair contract offer.” LeMarche also broke down what the hospital’s latest offer will mean in dollars and cents for workers. “The increased bonus amount will more closely approximate the pay increases employees would have received if the contract had been approved when the old contract expired,” L aMarche wrote. “Harrison’s proposal is to calculate the bonuses based on increased wage rates under the proposed new agreement, multiplied by 1,100 hours, and multiplied by FTE (multiplied by 300 hours for per diem employees). LeMarche explained that a full-time employee making $25 an hour, would make $25.50 after
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Schager was able to easily plunge a screwdriver into several logs as he gave a tour of the building’s exterior. Schager said sawing off the rotten corners and sealing them from the elements could buy some time to continue to use the building. Eventually, craftsmen familiar with log cabin work can be called in to replace the corners and other rotten sections of logs. “You would need somebody who has done it before,” he said. “You can’t just have some general con-
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ratification and the initial wage increase. In addition, the employee would receive a $550 ratification bonus. According to LaMarche, UFCW 21 countered the hospital’s proposal with the following: • Harrison pay the ratification bonus to employees who no longer work for Harrison. • Additional annual wage increases above and beyond both the union’s original proposal and the parties’ discussions in December, in effect reopening wage negotiations. • Increasing the amounts Harrison agreed to contribute to the cost of the Sound Health and Wellness healthcare plan, with new proposed contributions even higher than the Union’s earlier proposal. • Reverting to the old contract language for management rights, even though the union’s negotiator had indicated a willingness to accept the new language. • Rejecting all meaningful changes to the nostrike clause, even though Harrison offered to agree to the language from any of at least nine other UFCW contracts as alternatives to the current language that does not protect Harrison from work stoppages.
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tractor come in and start whacking away.” Bob Dollar, a member of the Bremerton Parks and Recreation Commission, says he took an interest in the building a few years ago and hopes the community will rally to save it and find a new use for the space now that the Boy Scouts are leaving. Following last week’s walk-around of the cabin, Dollar seemed even more optimistic. As a follow-up to last week’s session on the cabin’s structural condition from the outside, an interior walk-through is slated for 10 a.m. today.
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