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January 2021 - August 2022

Tentative Agreement Reached for New Contract

On October 21st, the KUNA Negotiations Team and the Hospital reached a tentative agreement on the new contract for November 2022 - August 2025. Members will need to vote to ratify the new contract by November 9. Look for a letter with instructions on voting in the mail. The tentative agreement can be found below.

Some of the biggest changes include:

  • Guaranteed minimum 3% raises every September for the next 3 years
  • Charge nurse differential increased to $2.25
  • Increased union visibility on all units

Only dues-paying KUNA members are eligible to vote on the contract. If you are not a dues-paying

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Smears vs. solutions

Randi Weingarten at a Massachusetts high school

Summer is upon us, and parents, children and teachers are winding down from what has been an exhausting and fully operational school year—the first since the devastating pandemic. The long-lasting impact of COVID-19 has affected our students’ and families’ well-being and ignited the politics surrounding public schools. All signs point to the coming school year unfolding with the same sound and fury, and if extremist culture warriors have their way, being even more divisive and stressful.

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What unions do

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In AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest New York Times  column, she describes what it is exactly that unions do. Though unions are the most popular they have been in decades, anti-union sentiment still thrives in red states and across the nation. “Several years ago, The Atlantic ran a story whose headline made even me, a labor leader, scratch my head: ‘Union Membership: Very Sexy,’” Weingarten writes in the column. “The gist was that higher wages, health benefits and job security—all associated with union membership—boost one’s chances of getting married. Belonging to a union doesn’t actually guarantee happily ever after, but it does help working people have a better life in the here and now.” Click through to read the full column.

Tell Congress: Pass the Heroes Act

We know that to survive this pandemic, we need a massive investment in our communities and schools. The HEROES Act is a vital step toward helping our country recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tell your senators: Act now. Pass the Heroes Act! START WRITING.

COVID-19: Information and resources

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AFT national has provided leaders and members with a section of information and resources about COVID-19 on their website. Visit aft.org/coronavirus for what you need to know to be prepared and protected--including special materials for nurses, health professionals and higher education institutions. LEARN MORE.

In defense of public education

Randi Weingarten and NYC teacher Tamara Simpson

Attacks on public education in America by extremists and culture-war peddling politicians have reached new heights (“lows” may be more apt), but they are not new. The difference today is that the attacks are intended not just to undermine public education but to destroy it.

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 "At the banquet table of life, there are no reserved seats. You get what you can take

and keep what you can hold.... And you can't take anything without organization."


                                                                                     --A. Philip Randolph