{"id":8650,"date":"2020-08-13T12:35:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T12:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/?p=8650"},"modified":"2022-06-15T17:46:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T17:46:29","slug":"union-veterinary-hospital-columbia-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/union-veterinary-hospital-columbia-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Unionized veterinary hospital makes history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staff members at Columbia River Veterinary Specialists have ratified what is being called the first union contract at a private U.S. veterinary hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The International Longshore and Warehouse Union reported that veterinary nurses, customer service representatives, housekeepers and veterinary assistants voted 53-1 to approve the 3\u00bd-year labor agreement. The contract, which had been in negotiations for more than a year, covers nearly 100 employees at the Vancouver, Washington, hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis contract is only the first step toward making veterinary medicine a viable career during this time of corporate greed,\u201d said hospital employee Kat Bennett, LVT, VTS (SAIM). \u201c(The contract) will provide veterinary workers with protections, wage equality, and establish a foothold for continued improvements in working conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Columbia River Veterinary Specialists is owned by PetVet Care Centers, a Connecticut-based network of more than 260 general, specialty and emergency hospitals. A PetVet representative could not be reached to comment.<\/p>\n<p>The contract, which is retroactive to Jan. 1, calls for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Base pay minimums.<\/li>\n<li>Differential pay for overnight work, seniority, additional certifications and demonstrated proficiency.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/navc.com\/download\/2020_NAVC_Voice_of_the_Vet.pdf\">Cost-of-living<\/a> wage adjustments in 2021, 2022 and 2023.<\/li>\n<li>A \u201cjust cause\u201d stipulation for employee termination rather than the common \u201cat will\u201d standard.<\/li>\n<li>Considering seniority when determining layoffs and recalls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The union noted that by the end of the agreement in June 2023, \u201ccurrent CRVS employees will see, on average, a 17% increase in pay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Takas, the union\u2019s Oregon-area representative, helped negotiate what he said is the first labor contract in privatized veterinary medicine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe real important thing was we were able to bring democracy into the workplace,\u201d Takas said.\u00a0\u201cPreviously, it was just sort of a free-for-all; it was just chaos as far as wages went.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second unionized private veterinary hospital could become San Francisco Veterinary Specialists, which is part of the 1,000-hospital VCA network. Employees there voted in 2018 to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/the-union-question\/\">International Longshore and Warehouse Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The union and VCA, a subsidiary of Mars Inc., haven\u2019t reached a contract agreement. Hospital staff staged a one-hour walkout July 30 and filed charges of unfair labor practices with the National Labor Relations Board.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Did you know a subscription to Today\u2019s Veterinary Business is free to qualified veterinary professionals? All you have to do is <a href=\"https:\/\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/subscribe\/\">sign up here<\/a> (and renew each year). You also can sign up to receive the Today\u2019s Veterinary Business weekly e-newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A labor contract covering nearly 100 employees at Columbia River Veterinary Specialists is the first of its kind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-online","column-news","clinical_topics-news"],"acf":{"hide_sidebar":false,"hide_sidebar_ad":false,"hide_all_ads":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Unionized veterinary hospital makes history | Today&#039;s Veterinary 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