6/30 Bargaining Update
Video Bargaining Update: https://youtu.be/Jumlf5Z_I4U
Contract Proposals: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TxrZqRZphZcsMHyoSt93FKWPLEhCuzUe?usp=sharing
We began today’s bargaining session with Allina offering an updated economic proposal where salary and production targets are set to the 45%ile. This is still worse than our current level of reimbursement.
They did accept a definition of full-time as 0.75 FTE and higher (important for those looking for federal loan forgiveness). Note that this is separate from benefits eligibility, which we’ve proposed to start at 0.5 FTE.
We offered a counter proposal regarding economics, paid time off, and vacation and holiday scheduling where we set the starting base salary at the 65%ile and a production threshold set at the 45%ile. We lowered APP reimbursement down from 85% to 75% of physicians. We eliminated the proxy RVU from our proposal.
Note that any proposal where the base salary and the production target threshold are set to the same percentile means there is no mechanism for paying for non-patient facing work or paid time off, which we feel is imperative and which in theory the employer has agreed with (though their proposals to date have not reflected such).
Notably, we adopted Allina’s framework for paid time off including basing it on an hourly model and funding PTO at the beginning of the year. We added provisions for longevity increases as well as carryover from year to year.
The compensation calculator will be updated to reflect today’s proposals and the link will be sent out when it is live.
The results of the strike authorization vote have given us renewed strength at the table, and we hope this continues to put pressure on Allina to move forward in our negotiations to get to a bargaining agreement.
The next bargaining date is Tuesday, July 8th, at the Wilder Foundation.
Addendum:
Sorry, we had incorrectly stated Allina’s proposal.
Their proposal:
Base Salary—30th percentile
Conversion factor and RVU threshold 45th percentile.
