New system-wide minimum wage to be set at $11.70
Cape Girardeau, Missouri - Next month, Saint Francis Healthcare System will raise its minimum hourly pay to ensure all employees have the opportunity to earn a livable wage.
Effective July 8, the Healthcare System’s new minimum hourly rate will be increased to $11.70, which means raises for more than 200 employees – nearly eight percent of the total Saint Francis workforce.
President and CEO, Dr. Maryann Reese, said the wage increase is not based on the external market, rather the decision is rooted in the mission and values of Saint Francis Healthcare System and affirms the human dignity of all our employees.
“This decision goes to the core of our principles as a Catholic Healthcare System,” she said. “As we continue our efforts to lower costs and make the Healthcare System more efficient and functional for patients, we cannot risk overlooking our own colleagues in the process. Doing the right thing includes making sure we care for all members of the Saint Francis Family.”
The new hourly rate is double what an individual would need to stay above the federal poverty rate, according to this year’s figures.
“From surgeons to support staff, each one of our colleagues provides the necessary services that allow Saint Francis Healthcare System to continue serving our communities,” Reese said. “They all deserve a wage that can sustain them, and we are proud to be able to provide that.”
Bishop Edward Rice, head of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, praised the decision saying that, in raising minimum wages, Saint Francis Healthcare System has strengthened its Catholic identity.
“The changes recently announced at Saint Francis show respect for the dignity of our workers,” Bishop Rice said. “It affirms their value and will promote the well-being of families.”
Saint Francis Healthcare System is guided by the mission to provide a ministry of healing, wellness, quality and love inspired by faith in Jesus Christ. Founded by Franciscan Sisters in 1875, the priority remains the same: serve all who enter with dignity, compassion and joy. Serving nearly 713,000 people across Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas, the focus is on patients' outcomes, experience and value.
Anchored by Saint Francis Medical Center, a 308-bed tertiary hospital, and supported by nearly 2,800 employees and more than 250 providers in 11 communities, the Healthcare System is a driving economic force in the region. Major services include Cancer Institute, Emergency and Level III Trauma Center, Family Birth Place and the region's Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Heart Hospital, Neurosciences and Orthopedics.
Dexter, Missouri - Large one family Yard Sale on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 1007 Glenstone Road in Dexter from 7:00 a.m. - noon.
Furniture, bedroom suit, office desk, bookcase, treadmill, tons of household items, clothes, and scrub tops.
Directions: From One Mile Road near Burger King, turn east onto Hickory Hills Drive, Glenstone will be the first street to your right (south).
If you would like to place an ad for your Yard or Garage Sale please contact Dee Loflin, ShowMe Times (573) 380-3318. Cost is $15 and each ad is shared to Facebook and Twitter along with about 15 local yard sale and buy, sell and trade Facebook pages. Well worth the reach for the price!! Deadlines are Wednesdays at NOON!
Bernie, Missouri - The City of Bernie's maintenance department is asking resident and businesses in the Bernie area to stop flushing Swiffer cleaning pads, other type cleaning pads, blue towels, or flushable wipes down their toilet drains.
Even if it says they are safe to flush they are causing issues at the city sewer plant.
If you have any questions please contact City Hall at (573) 293-5318.
The Maintenance Department would like to thank the residents for their cooperation.
Dexter, Missouri - Nice family YARD SALE on Saturday, June 9, 2018 from 7:00 a.m. - noon at 527 Chautauqua in Dexter.
Lots of girls clothing 18 months - 6, folding chairs, tons of household items, and tools.
Directions to Chautauqua are: From One Mile Road turn east onto Chautauqua!
Dexter, Missouri - Large Garage Sale on Friday, June 8th and Saturday June 9th at 1105 Oak Crest Lane in Dexter.
Sales begin at 7 a.m. and go until ?.
Directions to Oak Crest Lane: Take County Road AD, turn East onto Brookhaven Drive, turn south onto Oak Crest Lane.
There are boys and girls baby clothes, home furnishings, household items, men's clothing and women's clothing, toys, tools and much, much more!
There will also be a LEMONADE STAND to quench your thirst!!
