Technical workers with a local chapter of the Teamsters have voted to authorize a strike against Rady Children’s Hospital, the union announced Saturday.
Members of United Nurses of Children’s Hospital Teamsters Local 1699 voted in favor of a strike “by an overwhelming majority,” union officials said in a news release.
The United Nurses of Children’s Hospital Teamsters Local 1699 represents over 600 technical employees among the 2,000-plus members working at the hospital.
The union said Friday’s vote “comes after months of stalled negotiations and a continued refusal by hospital leadership to offer a contract that values the critical work of the hospital’s technical unit.”
The workers include lab technicians, licensed vocational nurses, pharmacy techs, respiratory therapists and surgical technologists.
While union members approved a strike, that doesn’t necessarily mean one will take place, spokesman Christian Castro said.
Bargaining is scheduled to resume on Tuesday.
“San Diego has become one of the most expensive places to live in the country, but our wages haven’t kept up,” said Jennifer Pratt, a radiology technologist at Rady Children’s.
A spokesman for Rady Children’s Hospital said hospital officials were “fully committed to reaching a fair and timely agreement” with the union, adding that the union is required to provide Rady Children’s with 10 days notice if a strike is called.
A strike cannot begin, he said, while a collective bargaining agreement or an extension of one is in place. The current agreement has been extended through July 5 – one week away.
Last August, days ahead of a planned strike, unionized nurses reached an agreement with Rady Children’s, which union leaders described as “the best contract offer in decades.”
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