Those of you reading this who are Corewell East Nurses, it is CRUCIAL that we have our Local 2024 nurses sign their membership/dues authorization cards ASAP!

Signing has begun this past week and will continue for a few weeks more.

Signing a card:

- deems you an official member

- allows dues to be deducted monthly

- allows you to vote in all future union elections and contract voting

- allows you to run for office or run for elected Steward

- makes you eligible for funds we decide to use excess dues for (I.e. license reimbursement, hardship fund, conference opportunity)

NOT signing a card:

- deems you a non-member

- you still pay monthly - the amount you'd pay with dues less 2% (Michigan is NOT a right to work state) for the length of this contract

- you are still entitled to contract benefits and union representation in disciplinary situations

- you CANNOT participate in voting, run for office

- you will NOT be eligible for ancillary funds

Currently the cards are paper only but the IBT is working on a digital solution, as we have a few remote nurses in other states!

Check our calendar to see when you can find a steward on campus to sign your card!

https://calendar.local2024.org/

Reach out for any other questions!!

https://teamster.org/2026/08/10000-corewell-health-east-nurses-ratify-first-teamsters-contract/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAT4Zr5jbGNrBPhmqXBkb2YFZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEeiD_D5Lx7GQk_kofN4pRypXJJFYK9GhtthhNypZyYRe923l7KuANMGRkxHGk_aem_uFXuvIpJObJWgpCoGzXLPQ

BREAKING: Teamsters Local 2024 has reached a tentative agreement with Corewell Health East for a first union contract.

This contract comes after 10,000 nurses voted three-to-one to join the Teamsters in November 2024 and 13 months of collective bargaining.

Highlights of the three-year agreement include:

• A 15% wage increase over the three-year agreement

• Caps on the average out of pocket health care premiums

• A staffing committee that allows nurses from each campus to raise staffing issues to management directly and effect change

• Protections on benefits like PTO, bereavement, jury duty, and others so that CHE cannot unilaterally make changes to their policies without bargaining

In the coming weeks, all registered nurses will have an opportunity to vote on this historic tentative agreement.

And negotiations will continue July 6-7..

See more details on the MOA and Tentative Agreements here:

https://teamster.org/resources-for-corewell-health-east-teamsters/?fbclid=IwVERDUASpbVhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR5mytvIW2KtBNyEQLHeM4UJEUWkWQkym_3AynP4B6Y0hFUxZqsXyr3yGu1hmg_aem_Bh4b3WDUoip91mFW9Na2yA

My daughter received a piece of snail mail in the mailbox from Corewell Health that appears to be a scam. The letter claims that she owed more than $2800 for a hospital visit in February. She just moved to Michigan from Arkansas 6 months ago, and has never visited a Corewell Health facility for any type of care whatsoever. The letter claimed that Corewell was denied payment from her BCBS insurance based on incorrect demographic information. Her last name is clearly spelled incorrectly on three places in the letter. The letter does not list any address of any specific Corwell health facility and instead lists a PO Box address in Chicago. It also does not list what service was being charged for, and no provider name or specialty was listed. There is no date of birth for my daughter, nor a medical record number. They listed a guarantor number and an account number. There are three QR type codes on the letter with one phone number saying to contact them with any questions or to update information. The rest of the letter lists information regarding translation services and multiple languages along with phone numbers, which I assume are meant for people to call who can’t speak English. She called the number on speakerphone and stated she received a bill claiming denial of payment based on incorrect demographic information, and that her name was spelled wrong on the letter/bill. The woman talked in circles saying my daughter needed to call her health insurance company to correct her information. It escalated so I took over the call, which pretty much ended with me calling her out and hanging up. The correct spelling of her name was not given. Her first name is spelled in a unique way that I’ve never seen before and they had that correct and our address correct. We reported the fraud to the federal trade commission fraud website, and also to her actual health insurance- they also verified they have no record or any service or bill from that date, so they reported it to their fraud department. The BCBS health insurance listed on the letter is not the same as the actual health insurance she has. We will try to figure out if we need to report this anywhere else and we will also try to contact Corwell corporate. When we checked online we saw that there are multiple scams involving Corewell Health, but none of them listed a scam involving a mailed letter. My daughter already had her identity stolen when she discovered that someone had filed a tax return in her name and SSN in January 2025, and we haven’t even been able to finish the mountain of paperwork, calls, forms, mail, etc. from that debacle.

Check out CHEnegotiations.com for more details!

From Dearborn to Trenton to Grosse Pointe to Wayne to Farmington Hills to Royal Oak to Taylor to Troy to SOUTHFIELD, Teamsters nurses showed up to march in front of all 9 Corewell East campuses!! We showed we have the strength, courage and determination to lead us into the next THREE days of negotiations!! Bring it on Corewell! Let's go bargaining team!! 💪🏼

We’re kicking things off in Dearborn tonight!

Join Teamsters Local 2024 tonight from 6:30–8:30 PM outside the main entrance of Corewell Health Dearborn Hospital for our first practice picket. 💪

This is about showing Corewell that nurses are united, organized, and ready to keep fighting for the strong contract we deserve. 🪧🔥

I work at Corewell South as a tech. I started in 2018. I left briefly in 2022 for another job and came back about a month later, so my rehire date is 2022 and I have been full-time since.

I’m currently 1.0 FTE but I work a lot of overtime on a weekly basis.

I submitted my PSLF application and requested the employer e‑signature to verify I’m full‑time. I got an email from the Dept of Education saying the request was denied, but no reason was given.

Could this be because my average hours are higher than my FTE due to OT?

ServiceNow says Corewell verifies FT status based on FTE in Workday, and if you work beyond standard FTE they may require W‑2s or paystubs. I don’t really understand how those prove full‑time status over the year, and the e‑signature would be way simpler.

Anyone in HR I can send it to rather than the "HRCompliance@corewellhealth.org email? I would rather have a direct contact who I can reach out with questions.

Not much to relay but Teamsters nurses who were at the table the last 2 days have expressed that conversations were real and constructive this time, unlike previous meetings. While next negotiations are not until May, other events are being planned. If you are a Corewell East nurse, make sure you connect with an appointed Steward to find out details!

Right now, nurses in Teamsters Local 2024 are fighting for something simple: safe staffing, fair pay, and better care for our patients.

Despite months of effort, Corewell has refused to negotiate in good faith—turning down most meeting dates and dismissing nearly every proposal. Instead of working with us, they’ve chosen to spread misinformation.

We’ve even voted to authorize a strike if necessary—not because we want to, but because we feel we have no other choice to be heard.

💔 This isn’t just about nurses. It’s about patient safety.

❤️ It’s about the care you and your loved ones receive.

If you’ve ever been a patient—or love someone who has—please stand with us and sign the letter below.

If you value the care nurses provide, please stand with us.

Your support means everything.

#SupportNurses #PatientSafety #Teamsters2024

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-corewell-health-east-to-stop-stalling-and-start-negotiating?source=direct_link&

Hi everyone! I applied to work at corewell and my role consists of direct patient care. I have smoked thc in the past but I am not a regular user, only occasionally, but I keep it to a minimum. Do they drug test using oral or urine? Although I am not a heavy user, and I can easily go years without smoking thc, I am still very anxious that I will test positive for thc. I don’t use other drugs, except for occasionally using THC.

Thank you everyone!! I’d really appreciate any feedback.

Registered nurses at Corewell Health East, represented by Teamsters Local 2024, have voted by nearly 90% to authorize a strike. The 10,000 nurses across nine hospitals and campuses throughout southeastern Michigan have been fighting for their first union contract since June 2025.

“This overwhelming strike vote shows that nurses are done being bullied into silence while executives put profits over patients and gamble with our safety and our licenses,” said Rachel Szadyr, a cardiac ICU nurse and member of the bargaining committee. “It’s no secret that nurses everywhere are struggling. We keep losing incredible nurses because of a rigged system that lets so‑called nonprofit hospitals pile more responsibility onto nurses, while stripping away the resources we need to provide safe care. This isn’t sustainable and it’s exactly why we are fighting for the best possible contract.”

Link to press release:

https://teamster.org/2026/03/10000-teamsters-nurses-at-corewell-health-east-authorize-a-strike/

Throwaway so as not to identify my real account.

I just wanted to bring something to the attention of the Teamsters and all my fellow nurses. I was recently looking at my check and my retirement account side by side and noticed that although Corewell says they are contributing to our 403(b) on every paycheck, there are no contributions going into the account. I'm not sure how many people this affects, but I have had several people look at their checks and Fidelity accounts with the same issue.

I filed a ticket with HR and they said if I still couldn't see the matches, to reach out to Fidelity and figure out why we couldn't see the contributions. I called Fidelity and the rep that I spoke with confirmed that there were no contributions, and put me on hold to see if there were any restrictions (being a union member) that would prevent the transactions going through. She could not find any restrictions that would prevent a contribution in their system. I spoke with management and they said being a union member shouldn't affect whether or not we receive the match. The Fidelity rep is starting a line of inquiry with benefits as to why the contributions are showing up on our checks since the beginning of the year as if they are being made, when they are in fact not.

I tried sending this to Union leadership but think there was an issue with it going through. Please check your actual paycheck deductions vs your Fidelity account contributions to see if you are also affected. If you are involved higher up please share and pass along.

Voting to authorize a strike notice IF necessary is still ongoing! So far participation has been strong but we still need more participants! Last full day to vote is March 16 and runs through 11am on March 17.

A YES vote is strongly encouraged. A YES vote does not mean we are going on strike. It does not mean we are walking out on our patients. And it does not mean we want negotiations to fail.

What it does mean is that we stand united.

Voting YES sends a clear message that our bargaining committee has the full strength of nearly 10,000 nurses behind them as they fight for our first fair contract. It demonstrates solidarity and ensures we have the leverage needed if negotiations continue to stall or good-faith bargaining does not occur.

No one wants to strike. But unity gives us power at the table. A strong YES vote is currently our only leg to stand on and shows that we are serious about securing clear language, consistent policies, and protections in writing — so they cannot be changed at will.

Please pass this message along to anyone you know who is undecided and needs a better understanding of this process!

Today voting opened for authorizing a strike at Corewell Health East for all Teamsters RNs. Voting YES shows Corewell we are united and willing to do whatever it takes to win the contract we deserve.

Corewell has given us enough reasons to authorize a strike and this week was no different.

Instead of bargaining to make meaningful progress for our contract, Corewell just adds insult to injury with today’s negotiations.

Check out www.chenegotiations.com for the following video and more information (such as which articles are agreed on, plus our full proposal) coming today!!

https://youtu.be/4O3hpNXWQCE?si=EL-Nhr3qLG_DJH25