Service and support employees at Meriter Hospital are currently in negotiations for a contract campaign to receive equal time off as nursing staff and to have MLK Day as a paid holiday.
Employees represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Wisconsin at Meriter Hospital have been in negotiations for weeks over its demands. For service and support employees, they seek an increase in paid time off equal to that of nurses. For staff as a whole, they seek MLK Day as a paid holiday, which is currently not granted by Meriter.
“The nurses, the RNs, I believe, get two days more than we get. They get two more days than we get for personal time, which of course we’re happy with, but our point is service and support,” said Michael Elvord, SEIU Wisconsin bargaining chair. “We are at risk just as much as they are.”…