EVERETT — Providence Regional Medical Center Everett plans to eliminate up to 119 certified nursing assistant positions effective July 11, according to a union email sent to members Wednesday.
According to the email, Providence told the union it will notify impacted nursing assistants by June 11, union representatives said.
The reduction will include up to 25% of the current nursing assistants at Providence Everett — all 39 per diem nursing assistants, plus an additional up to 80 full-time and part-time assistants, Providence spokesperson Ed Boyle said in an email Thursday.
Currently, 477 nursing assistants work at the Pacific and Colby campuses, he said.
On May 29, Providence told nursing assistants they had until June 5 to accept a voluntary severance package. People who volunteer will be part of the 80 nursing assistants Providence plans to let go of, Boyle said.
Providence denied the union’s request to extend the June 5 deadline to accept the package, representatives said, to give union members time to make an informed decision.
“We do not agree with Providence’s decision,” representatives said in the email. “We are working on scheduling bargaining with Providence to negotiate the terms of the severance and other impacts.”
Providence has been operating in accordance with its collective bargaining agreement with the union, Boyle said.
“PRMCE and the union have had a continual conversation about the layoff process and the union has been advised of all the details along the way, including the rationale for this decision, previous actions taken to reduce the numbers, and next steps,” he said.
The union has filed an information request with Providence, representatives said, asking for the number of full-time and part-time positions Providence expects to reduce, the cost centers and departments affected, and the number of nursing assistants who accept the voluntary package.
Correction: A previous version of this article did not attribute the July 11 effective date to the union. It has also been updated to clarify that Providence could eliminate up to 119 positions.
Jenna Peterson: 425-339-3486; jenna.peterson@heraldnet.com; X: @jennarpetersonn.
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