The SHARE negotiating team opened the negotiating discussion with management about raises with a presentation using your words about your experience, backed by our research . . .
SHARE is working to build on a trend. SHARE members have had strong raises every year since we started in 1997, even when other healthcare workers, even in our own hospital, did not. And those raises compound over time. Under our 2022–2026 contract, for example, SHARE members won raises of 6%, 5%, 4.5% and 4%. That adds up to about 21%.
But staying ahead takes more. And while SHARE wages in almost every job title were ahead of the market rates through the pandemic, we know that the market for healthcare jobs since then has changed in ways that we’re still accounting for.
We compared the above figures about management with SHARE’s assessment of the economic landscape, including that $26.95 an hour is what one adult with no kids needs to live in Worcester County, according to MIT's Living Wage Calculator.
SHARE is making a strong case for significant raises, based what's happening in the job market, with inflation and with the rising cost of living, and what you told us about your own lives. We’re pushing for the best raises we can secure at the table. Make sure to stay connected and informed about ways that you can show your support for a strong contract by attending SHARE Information Meetings and talking with the area SHARE Rep or Organizer for your department.