Negotiation Updates

The Oct. 13 ratification of Kaleida Health’s three-year labor contract gives the health system one more tool to fill hundreds of vacant positions systemwide....

The new master bargaining agreement between Kaleida Health and its two unions, CWA1168 and 1199SEIU, has been ratified....

A new labor agreement could boost Kaleida Health's competitiveness when it comes to hiring and keeping staff....

Kaleida Health and the two labor unions representing two-thirds of the health system's employees have high hopes for the tentative agreement they reached late Sunday night to evade a strike across Western New York.

The tentative agreement reached early on Oct. 3 between Kaleida Health and its union leaders calls for creating 500 full-time equivalent positions to meet state mandated staffing ratios....

A little more than a week ago, community leaders were growing concerned a strike notice would soon hit Kaleida Health, which would have put in motion the possibility of a massive walkout at Western New York's largest health system.

Kaleida officials said the cost of a strike could exceed $142 million per month, a figure that comes on top of projected annual operating losses of $100 million for 2022....

About 75% of roughly 6,300 eligible Kaleida union workers cast a vote between Tuesday and Thursday and, of those who voted, 96% voted in favor of authorizing a strike, union officials announced about 10:30 p.m. Thursday.

About 6,300 Kaleida union workers will vote Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on whether to give their bargaining committee the authority to call a strike if negotiations stall or tensions escalate....

With Labor Day around the corner, talks continue on a master labor agreement between Kaleida Health and the two unions that represent 6,300 employees – more than two-thirds of its total workforce.