March 29, 2024
Dear Providence Alaska Medical Center Nursing Leaders:
PAMC and AaNA con�nue nego�a�ons March 28-29
The Providence Alaska Medical Center (PAMC) and Alaska Nurses Associa�on (AaNA) bargaining teams
met March 28-29 to discuss outstanding ar�cles for a new contract covering PAMC nurses. This includes
ar�cles related to compensa�on, enhanced educa�on benefits, enhanced short-term disability and
AaNA's staffing ra�o proposal.
At the March 28 session, the AaNA team presented its first compensa�on proposal since December
2023. The session was atended by a large number of nurses. PAMC has been wai�ng for AaNA's
economic proposal so the two groups could con�nue construc�ve discussions on across-the-board
increases and changes to the step schedule.
AaNA proposed a significant design change to the nurse wage schedules, represen�ng a minimum 2.4%
increase in the first year of the contract without across the board increases. In addi�on to those
changes, AaNA proposed a 6.5% across-the-board increase in year one, an 8.5% increase in year two and
an 8% increase in year three.
PAMC response to AaNA economic proposal
PAMC has performed extensive compensa�on analyses and believes its nurse wages are compe��ve in
the Anchorage market. PAMC nurse wages also meet or exceed several larger Washington-based
hospitals in the Providence family of organiza�ons. Despite current PAMC nurse wages being market-
compe��ve, the PAMC team is commited to providing meaningful compensa�on increases for its
nurses.
Demonstra�ng that commitment, PAMC delivered the following proposal to AaNA on March 29:
• Wage schedule adjustments equal to a more than 1.6% increase in the first year of the contract,
which is especially beneficial for nurses with more years of service credit. Similar adjustments
would be made for advanced prac�ce nurses, clinical nurse specialists and team leaders.
• A 4% across-the-board increase in year one of the contract, which is 1% more than the increase
agreed upon in year one of the current contract.
• A 2% across-the-board increase in year two of the contract.
• A 2% across the board increase in year three of the contract.
• Increases to evening and night shi� differen�als, charge nurse premium and standby/call pay.
• Enhanced short-term disability, covering 100% of wage loss for up to eight weeks and 66.66%
wage loss for six addi�onal months. Full- and part-�me nurses would be eligible for the benefit
a�er a seven-day wai�ng period.
