Attention Liberty Attendants: Time to Vote on Your Union Contract!

After hard work, we’ve negotiated a new contract with management. This agreement is another step for us in our work to make home care jobs good jobs with living wages and benefits.

You can click here to read the Tentative Agreement in full, and the summary is below.

We’re grateful for your support as we were negotiating at the bargaining table, and hope you join one of our meetings soon to make even more improvements in the future.

Sincerely,

Your Union Bargaining Committee
Lolita Owens
Charlesann Gordon
Kay Evans
Christina Willmore
Tyheera Sanders
Karen Francis
Klairah Brawne
Olinda Smith
Dashawn Bates
Christal Spivey

If a majority of attendants ratify this agreement, here is a summary of the changes we’d experience:

Wages

Current Employees
- Kept our wage scale that rewards seniority.
- July 1st 2023: The wage rate for current employees with increase to $15 or by $0.75, whichever is greater
- July 1, 2024: The wage rate for current employees with increase to $15.25 or by $0.25, whichever is greater
- July 1, 2025: The wage rate for current employees with increase to $15.50 or by $0.25, whichever is greater
Start Rate
- July 1st, 2023: The start rate will increase to $14.25
- July 1st, 2024: The start rate will increase to $14.50
- July 1st, 2025: The start rate will increase to $15.00

Paid Time Off

2 additional Special Days: Attendants will receive 1.5 times their usual wage rate for scheduled and authorized work on Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth.
Attendants shall earn one (1) hour of Paid Time Off for each 40 Hours during the fiscal year (July 1 though June 30) up to an annual maximum of 40 hours of PTO.

This raises annual maximum from 30 hours to 40 hours.
At the end of each fiscal year, attendants will be able to have up to 16 hours of PTO accrued and not yet used either paid out or rolled over into the next year.

All attendants will be eligible for 16 hours of paid bereavement leave in the event of a death of Immediate family member or their current consumer.

Training and Education

New mandatory training:

CPR Certification: all new hires will be required to complete a paid (for up to 4 hours) CPR training in their first six months of hire.

New optional trainings:

Advanced Skills and Certifications: Any attendant who voluntarily participates in advanced skill trainings and/or additional certifications offered by the Homecare Hub will be paid for their participation at their regular hourly rate.
Completion Bonus: Any attendant who voluntarily completes at least four of the advanced skill trainings and/ or additional certifications offered by the Homecare Hub will receive a $400 completion bonus within 1 month of completing the fourth training.

Unsafe Conditions

Qualifying situations will now include:
- Excessive rodent or pest presence
- The brandishing of a weapon by the consumer or any persons in the household
The attendant will be paid for their scheduled shift on that day up to a maximum of 3 hours. This is an increase from the previous amount of two hours.

OFFICIAL LIBERTY RATIFICATION BALLOT

How do you vote on the proposed changes our union bargaining committee has negotiated?*

I vote YES to ratify my contract.I vote NO on this contract and am ready to take action to push management back to the bargaining table.

FOR YOUR VOTE TO BE COUNTED, YOU MUST ACTIVATE YOUR MEMBERSHIP BY COMPLETING THE MEMBERSHIP CARD ON THE NEXT PAGE

Yes, I'm ready to build a strong voice for home care workers!

I hereby apply for membership in the United Home Care Workers of Pennsylvania (UHWP), a joint partnership of SEIU Healthcare PA, 1199C/NUHHCE, and AFSCME Council 33, to represent me for purposes of collective bargaining between my employer and UWHP.

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Phone

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E-Mail*

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Date

Address*

Home Address

Home Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code

Employer

Liberty Home ChoicesVoices for Independence (VFI)CIL of Central Pennsylvania - HomeCare for Living Well

Employer*

Liberty Home Choices, Voices for Independence (VFI), or CIL of Central Pennsylvania - HomeCare for Living Well

Signature*

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Membership Dues Deduction Authorization*

I authorize my employer and/or the payroll processing agent performing fiscal management services for my employer to deduct from my wages my membership dues in the amount of 2% of my earnings and to remit all deductions to UHWP. This authorization may be revoked by me by written notice to UHWP not less than 10 days and not more than 15 days before the annual anniversary date of this authorization or the date of termination of the applicable contract between my employer and UHWP, whichever occurs sooner. This authorization shall be automatically renewed from year to year unless I revoke it in writing during the window period, irrespective of my membership in UHWP.

YES! I want to hold my elected leaders accountable.

I am volunteering to contribute to the United Home Care Workers of Pennsylvania Accountability Fund supporting the SEIU Committee on Political Education (COPE) and PEOPLE, the AFSCME Political Action Committee. to help ensure policymakers stand up for home care workers and consumers. I hereby authorize my employer and/or any payroll processing agent performing fiscal management services for my employer to deduct the indicated amount biweekly from my paycheck and forward the amount specified to the United Home Care Workers of Pennsylvania Accountability Fund to be distributed equally to SEIU COPE and AFSCME PEOPLE.

Accountability Fund Contribution Amount

$7$5$3Other

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