United Health Professionals of New Mexico Ratify Contract Agreement
October 13, 2024
Members of the United Health Professionals of New Mexico ratified a contract with the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center, the union announced today, saying it is the first step in improving patient healing conditions and working conditions at UNM SRMC.
UNM SRMC and Union Reach Tentative Contract Agreement
October 11, 2024
Negotiators for the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center and the United Health Professionals of New Mexico reached a tentative contract agreement, the union announced today.
Contract Talks Stall Between UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center and United Health Professionals of New Mexico
October 10, 2024
After finally getting to the bargaining table and making some progress, officials from the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center today walked away from the table, saying they had other commitments and are only available by phone and email moving forward.
UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center Disciplines Two Nurses for Speaking Out
September 17, 2024
Just days before collective bargaining is scheduled to begin, the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center disciplined two nurses who have spoken out about poor conditions in the hospital, officials of the workers’ union, the United Health Professionals of New Mexico, said today.
Union to Hold Community Forum on Quality and Accountability of Care At UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center
September 13, 2024
The Union of Health Professionals of New Mexico is holding a first-of-its-kind community forum on Sept. 17 to discuss with the public the serious and ongoing safety and staffing issues affecting patient healing conditions at University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center. Panelists will include Lt. Gov. Howie Morales, a state representative, a county commissioner, a patient, two nurses, AFT and District 1199NM officials.
UNM SRMC and Union Set to Start Bargaining Next Week
September 11, 2024
Following last week’s district court ruling ordering the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center to get to the bargaining table, the United Health Professionals of New Mexico announced today that the hospital agreed to begin negotiations with the union next Wednesday.
District Court Denies UNM SRMC's Request to Delay Bargaining And Orders Hospital to Come to the Negotiating Table
September 5, 2024
In a major win today for the union representing workers at the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center, a district court judge denied the hospital’s request to not have to bargain, despite the hospital’s persistent public insistence that it was willing to come to the contract negotiations table.
Union Says UNM Sandoval RMC Fired Nurse For Speaking Out About Patient Conditions
August 29, 2024
University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center fired an Emergency Department registered nurse today, just 11 days after speaking at a union-sponsored press conference about troubling patient and working conditions.
Sandoval RMC Union Says It Accepts 3 Percent Wage Increase and Demands Bargaining Now
August 19, 2024
The United Health Professionals of New Mexico, the union that represents nurses and other health professionals at the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center, offered a memorandum of agreement to the hospital today that would give the UHPNM workers the same 3 percent wage increase as the hospital system provided its other employees earlier this month.
UHPNM Union Responds to Hospital’s Falsehoods
August 12, 2024
The United Health Professionals of New Mexico, the union that represents nurses and other health professionals at University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center, said today the hospital issued false information about who PRNs are and why they should not be included in a collective bargaining agreement.
University of New Mexico Hospital Staff To Receive Raises Except Unionized UNM Sandoval RMC Staff
August 6, 2024
The University of New Mexico said it would provide wage increases to all of its hospital staff except those who are members of the unionized UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center.
“This is a crass and petty ploy to get us to forsake our union, but we won’t be bought off. Having a union means fighting for a contract that includes not only wages that workers deserve, but also provisions to improve the quality of patient care and working conditions,” said Adrienne Enghouse, organizer for the United Health Professionals of New Mexico.
Sandoval Regional Medical Center Dealt New Blow by New Mexico Labor Board
July 18, 2024
The University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center’s hostility to its own workers backfired again today when the executive director of the state Public Employee Labor Relations Board found the facility violated New Mexico law by illegally attempting to stop union representatives from accessing the workplace to meet with members.
“This crucial decision helps establish safer patient care by allowing us the representation we need to speak up on behalf of our patients,” said United Health Professionals of New Mexico member and MRI technician Gilbert Martinez. “Having knowledgeable union reps by our side is essential to our ability to speak up for safer patient care and helping mitigate retaliation, targeting and bullying.”
Union: UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center Retaliating Against Worker
June 20, 2024
A member of the union representing nurses and other health professionals at New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center is facing retaliation by the hospital for speaking out for basic patient care and for insisting the hospital adhere to national radiology guidelines.
UNM Sandoval RMC President Compares Chick-Fil-A with Hospital
June 13, 2024
The president of the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center used Chick-fil-A’s model of dealing with drive-through waits with how she would like her hospital to handle patient wait times, a comparison that the hospital’s union called “painfully and embarrassingly stupid.”
United Health Professionals of New Mexico: Enough Delay—Bargain with Us
June 11, 2024
The United Health Professionals of New Mexico will tell the Public Employees Labor Relations Board tomorrow that the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center has illegally refused to comply with multiple orders from the Board to bargain with the healthcare union.
United Health Professionals of New Mexico Wins Court Round to Bargain
May 16, 2024
The United Health Professionals of New Mexico won an important court round when New Mexico Judicial District Court Judge Joshua Allison issued an order denying a request by the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center to stay the union’s request to bargain.
UHPNM won the right to form a union more than two years ago, but UNM Sandoval has refused to come to the bargaining table. UHPNM filed a suit asking the court to compel the hospital to bargain.
UNM SRMC Still Does Not Care: We Formed Our Union to Protect Our Patients. Today UNM SRMC Showed They Don’t Care About Patients or Staff.
February 2, 2024
We proposed patient safety language, a process to document unsafe staffing, mandatory meal and rest breaks, and wage equity with the UNMH Campus to improve retention for better patient care.
They proposed a dangerous contract that compromises patient safety and treats staff like they are disposable.
“Negotiating” doesn’t mean we throw our patients under the bus.
“Negotiating” doesn’t mean rubber-stamping bad proposals.
“Negotiating” doesn’t mean we sign off on insulting 3% wage proposals that are less than other employees.
We are ready to negotiate when they are ready to care.