HealthPartners workers ratify new contract

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4757

11 February 2011

ST. PAUL - SEIU Healthcare Minnesota members at HealthPartners clinics voted Thursday to overwhelmingly ratify a new three-year contract, the union announced.

The agreement:

• Maintains quality, affordable health insurance with fully employer paid individual coverage and $70 premiums for family coverage.

• Maintains funding for the Training and Education Fund established in 2008 that is one of the first of its kind for healthcare workers in the Midwest.

• Raises wages for all workers by 1% every six months during the contract.

• Includes many other improvements in care delivery and working conditions.

“This contract ensures that HealthPartners continues to be a great place to work and a leader in patient care,” said Jean Pfarr, a registered nurse at HealthPartners Riverside. “By standing together, we have set a standard for healthcare workers – a standard that includes quality, affordable health insurance and a commitment to training and workforce development.”

SEIU Healthcare Minnesota represents 17,000 hospital, clinic, nursing home, and homecare workers in Minnesota’s acute and long-term care industries.

For more information
Visit the SEIU Healthcare Minnesota website