Kaleida Health, Unions Agree to Second Contract Extension

Kaleida Health and its two largest unions, CWA 1168 and 1199SEIU, have agreed to a second extension of their existing Master Bargaining Agreement.

Contract negotiations have been ongoing since early March. The extension is designed to continue efforts on reaching a new labor agreement that covers approximately 6,300 Kaleida Health employees.

"We are making progress in negotiations," said Bob Nesselbush, CEO of Kaleida Health. "But this contract is incredibly complicated and requires an enormous amount of time and effort from both management and union bargaining committees. It is important that we continue to keep pace as staffing and economics will require the majority of the remaining bargaining time over the next month."

The existing contract was originally set to expire on May 31, 2022. The two sides agreed to a 30-day extension in late May. The new extension will run through the end of July.

To date, Kaleida Health and the unions have reached tentative agreement on 86 of 108 articles, 55 of 67 memoranda of understanding as well as six (of seven) letters of intent, which represent a majority of all non-economic issues in the contract.