Lakewood Registered Nurses Association (LRNA) members overwhelmingly approved a new three-year collective bargaining agreement on Thursday, June 10. The new contract, retroactive to May 6, provides for annual wage increases, an increase in night shift differential, an additional holiday, restoration of hospital’s extended sick leave program, and other improvements. Although negotiations extended beyond the existing contract’s expiration date, both the LRNA negotiating team and management worked hard to bring the negotiations to a successful conclusion, and avoid having to conduct a Board of Inquiry. Many thanks to the LRNA negotiating team for their hard work: Joy Harvey, RN and Lead Negotiator; Joel Emerson, RN; Veronica Mendoza-Balbin, RN; Nelly Lacaba, RN; Lorraine Bellinis, RN; Aleyamma Mathew, RN; Krishna Yu, RN; Minerva Aller de la Fuente, RN; Armin Reyes, and Vanessa Caballero.

This article appeared in the July – August 2010 issue of the Voice newsletter.