Union Teamwork Pay$ Off
Workers at Avamere Skilled Nursing of Tacoma learned how working as a union can payoff – literally.
When workers didn’t receive scheduled raises, they took action. Not only are they getting retroactive raises, but another issue surfaced, leading to even more back pay and another union victory.
Our union contract with Avamere states that workers receive raises starting April 1. Workers didn’t get their raises, so they talked to their union advocate and SEIU Healthcare 775NW organizer.
They helped workers call our union’s Member Resource Center (MRC) toll free at 1(866) 371-3200.
After talking by phone to workers, an MRC representative called an Avamere official. Sure enough, raises were due April 1. Workers received retroactive raises on their next paycheck.
In this review process, another issue surfaced. Avamere workers did not receive time and a half for working holidays over the last year. Again, thanks to union teamwork, the holiday back pay was included in the next paycheck.
It gets better. Workers from Avamere Georgian House heard about the raise delay. A Georgian House worker called the MRC, and found out that they did not receive the same scheduled raise.
Working together as a union paid off in Tacoma, and it can pay off for you.