Negotiations Updates

Update: Session 27

Posted on September 18, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for 14 hours; FMCS mediators Kevin Farrell and Richard Murphy were present. INA responded to UI Health’s counter by presenting a comprehensive counter proposal in the afternoon…

Update: Session 26

Posted on September 17, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for sixteen hours; FMCS mediators Kevin Farrell and Richard Murphy were present. UI Health began the day by presenting its sixth economic proposal, including annual across-the-board annual…

Update: Session 25

Posted on September 16, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining; FMCS mediator Richard Murphy and Kevin Farrell were present. UI Health leadership joined the hospital bargaining team, and prepared and presented…

Update: Session 24

Posted on September 15, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining; FMCS mediator Richard Murphy was present and UI Health senior leadership joined the hospital bargaining team. UI Health made its fifth…

Update: Session 23

Posted on September 12, 2020

UI Health and the INA met until the early morning of September 12, 2020; FMCS mediators Kevin Farrell and Richard Murphy were present. INA started the day with presenting a comprehensive economic counter…

Update: Session 22

Posted on September 10, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for a longer day of bargaining; FMCS mediators Kevin Farrell and Richard Murphy were present and facilitated the passing of proposals. UI Health presented a comprehensive economic…

Update: Session 21

Posted on September 09, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining; FMCS mediators Kevin Farrell and Richard Murphy were present and facilitated the passing of proposals. UI Health presented a package counterproposal…

Update: Session 20

Posted on September 03, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining; FMCS mediators Kevin Farrell and Richard Murphy were present. UIH began the day be presenting an economic counter proposal, during which…

Update: Session 19

Posted on September 02, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining; FMCS mediators Kevin Farrell and Richard Murphy were present. This was the first session after the INA served a ten-day notice…

Update: Session 18

Posted on August 27, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining; FMCS mediator Kevin Farrell was present for the afternoon. The INA presented a counterproposal to UI Health’s package proposal encompassing Articles…

Update: Session 17

Posted on August 26, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining at which FMCS mediators Steve George and Kevin Farrell were present. UI Heath presented a detailed summary of proposals from each…

Joint letter to Governor, Mayor regarding PPE supplies

Posted on August 24, 2020

From UI Health's Michael Zenn, INA's Alice Johnson and SEIU's Dian Palmer

Update: Session 16

Posted on August 20, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining, at which FMCS mediator, Kevin Farrell, was present. The session began with both parties in caucus, after which nurses and management…

Update: Session 15

Posted on August 19, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining; FMCS mediator was not present. The session began with UI Health presenting two non-economic counter proposals, one related to the discipline…

Update: Session 14

Posted on August 13, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining at which FMCS mediator, Steve George, was present. The session began with invited guests from and Perioperative Serves to discuss weekend…

Update: Session 13

Posted on August 12, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining. The session began with the introduction of FMCS mediators Steve George and Kevin Farrell, after which both parties caucused. When the…

Update: Session 12

Posted on August 06, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining. The session began with invited guests from leadership to discuss staffing. After a caucus, the group spoke with Float RNs from…

Update: Session 11

Posted on August 05, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining. The session began with both groups in caucus. When the parties convened both UI Health and the INA discussed articles and…

Update: Session 10

Posted on July 30, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining. The session began with both groups in caucus. When the parties convened both UI Health and the INA discussed respective counters…

Update: Session 9

Posted on July 29, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining. The session began with the INA following up on concerns brought forward in the previous session, after which UI Health and…

Update: Session 8

Posted on July 23, 2020

UI Health and the INA met for a full day of bargaining. The UI Health bargaining team presented three counterproposals for discussion with the INA. After a caucus, the INA was joined by…

Update: Session 7

Posted on July 22, 2020

UI Health and the INA met today for a full day of bargaining. The INA bargaining team presented modified proposals as well as counterproposals to some of UIH’s proposals; they also provided responses…

Update: Session 6

Posted on July 16, 2020

UI Health and the INA met today for a full day of bargaining. The UIH bargaining team presented counterproposals for Articles VI and VIII and a response to INA’s proposed memorandum of understanding…

Update: Session 5

Posted on July 09, 2020

UI Health and the INA met today for full day of bargaining. The INA bargaining team spent the morning continuing its questions and objections to UI Health’s comprehensive proposals. UI Health presented three…

Update: Session 4

Posted on July 02, 2020

UI Health and the INA met today for bargaining before the holiday weekend. The INA bargaining team spent the session posing numerous questions and objections to the comprehensive proposals submitted by UI Health…

Update: Session 3

Posted on June 25, 2020

UI Health and the INA met today for a full day of bargaining. UI Health presented its comprehensive non-economic package, which contained various proposed changes to the contract, including changes to staffing models…

Update: Session 2

Posted on June 17, 2020

UI Health and the INA met today for a full day of bargaining. The UI Heath bargaining team asked a number of clarifying questions related to the proposals submitted by the INA at…

Update: Session 1

Posted on June 09, 2020

Negotiations begin on a successor contract via WebEx. Both the UI Health and the INA introduced their bargaining teams, discussed and agreed to various ground rules and logistics for the negotiations. The INA…