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Employee Press Grievance Victory
Jacobi Hospital worker wins $8,000 promotion and back pay
in grievance After 20 years in Jacobi Hospitals Telecommunications
Dept., Sandra Tyson knows about staying in touch. But after supervisors gave her
extra layers of work with additional responsibilities, she learned that management
was out of touch with the contract. Chief Shop Steward Thelma Esson and
Grievance Rep Efrain Perez saw that Tysons duties were well above her job
description and encouraged her to file an out-of-title work grievance. Four months
later, the Local 1549 member won a promotion, an $8,000 raise and back pay.
Emergency calls Her department
handles emergency calls for Jacobi and the North Central Health Center and all
calls for the staff and from the public. Last June, management
asked me to step in and assist with the administrative side of the office,
she said. I was already supervising staff on three shifts,and then I was
building a data base for the paging system for both facilities and getting the
departments files in order. Management settled the case at
the Step I hearing, Perez noted. My union reps did a good job. They guided
me through it and hammered out the details with management, Tyson said.
The settlement advanced her from Clerical Associate IV at $39,000 a year to Assistant
Managing Coordinator at $47,000 and includes back pay at the higher rate from
when she filed the grievance until her promotion. Well-deserved
promotion This member does such a good job. She multitasks,
Esson said. Management knew they had a gem. This is a well deserved promotion.
Members should compare their job descriptions with the work they are doing,
says Perez. When in doubt, call your union rep. This
case proves that the contract is important and a key to victory, said Clerical
Division Director Ronnie Harris.
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