Brothers and sisters of Retail, Warehouse and Department Store Union Local 108, joined in solidarity by officers of the New Jersey State AFL-CIO and officers and members of allied unions, held an informational picket on Saturday, July 24, while contract talks are stalled with Complete Care Management LLC, the new owner of several nursing homes in New Jersey.
RWDSU Local 108’s members, who deliver attentive and compassionate care to the ill and aged, picketed at Complete Care’s Burlington Woods Nursing Home in Burlington to explain how the new management aims to drastically reduce their future paid time off, wipe out the time off they accumulated during 16 months of tireless work during the pandemic, and provide them with substandard medical coverage.
Local 108 also stated that management is seeking to lock in pay rates for as long as four years, and that management has not made clear if additional New Jersey funding for nursing homes paid for recent wage increases or if the increases reflect Complete Care pay policies.
Local 108 requests that contract talks resume promptly and asks Complete Care Management LLC to bargain in good faith.
