There are no guarantees in contract negotiations. You could end up with more, less or the same as you have today. And there is no guarantee that you would get nurses’ pay.  For example, HPAE also represents some non-nursing jobs at HMH and did not secure nursing level pay for them.

No. Deciding when and how to allocate capital is something that is almost always a management prerogative. All of the HPAE nurses contracts have a section called “Management Rights.”  Each of these sections gives HMH the right to decide what capital equipment to purchase and when.  HPAE’s contracts with HMH do not include giving the union the responsibility to select equipment or determine a schedule for purchasing equipment.