January 20, 2010 ‑ We stood united to bargain together, and it worked! Management has agreed that nurses at all three HCA hospitals will bargain our new contract TOGETHER. So, after months of preparation, our Bargaining Team will negotiate our new contract with management on the following dates: February 2, 3, 17, 18 and March 3, 4, 17, 18, 30, 31.

The 121RN Bargaining Team, with representatives from each of the three HCA hospitals, has been preparing for bargaining by reviewing surveys, drafting contract proposals and studying HCA financials. Our team has identified issues specific to nurses that we will address during bargaining.

Our team is fired up and ready to go!  Look for update flyers in your lounges.  (Those are the colorful papers on the break tables, posted on bulletin boards or kept in binders throughout the hospital.)  Ask your stewards and bargaining team members for updates and ways you too can support our Bargaining Team!