Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services has reached agreements with three labor unions that represent employees at Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark, N.J., according to an NJBIZ report.
Here are five things to know about the agreements.
1. The agreements cover more than 780 of the hospital's approximately 1,400 employees.
2. Employees covered by the agreements are represented by District 1199J, Operating Engineers Local 68 and JNESO.
3. One union has ratified the collective bargaining agreement, another will do so Friday and a third intends to follow suit next week, Saint Michael's said, according to the report.
4. Prime announced the agreements just days before it expected to finalize its acquisition of the bankrupt Saint Michael's May 1.
5. While Prime announced the agreements, it also cut 29 positions — half of which were management positions — representing less than 2 percent of the hospital's workforce, Saint Michael's said, according to the report.
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