Home Care for Maine requests Renegotiation of Wages

Good news for Home Care for Maine workers - Mollie Baldwin, Home Care for Maine CEO, has requested that Article 12, the wages article of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement between MSEA-SEIU Local 1989 and Home Care for Maine, be reopened to negotiate a possible bonus and wage increase.

Article 12 states: "The Parties agree to reopen negotiations over wages, as addressed in this Article 12, if, as of July 1, 2010, the number of reimbursable hours worked by unit members exceeds four hundred thirty thousand (430,000) for the previous twelve months. Such negotiations may be scheduled to being forty to thirty days prior to July 1, 2010, if the projection of reimbursable hours worked by employees after ten months suggests that the four hundred thirty thousand hour threshold number will be reached. The negotiations will be limited to (1) a possible bonus payment to employees who are actively employed (on the active payroll) as of June 30, 2010, and (2) a possible future increase in the base hourly wage."

Congratulations to all the Home Care for Maine workers who helped reach the 430,000 reimbursable hour threshold! Your hard work and dedication to the people you help each and every day is paying off.