UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital, Nurses Reach Final Agreement Following Strike
- UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital and SEIU Wisconsin nurses finalized a two-year contract on Saturday following a five-day strike in Madison.
- Prolonged negotiations and nurses' concerns over staffing ratios, safety, and working conditions led to the strike that began on Tuesday morning.
- The contract includes competitive wage increases, improved language on staffing collaboration, and commitments to address safety concerns despite not mandating fixed patient-to-nurse ratios.
- Nurses won an 8% wage increase over two years and strike language giving them a voice in staffing decisions, with hospital leaders calling it a contract they can all be proud of.
- The agreement concluded the strike and is intended to support the hospital in keeping its seasoned nursing staff and bringing in new personnel, while preserving current benefits such as health insurance and mental health resources.
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Union at Meriter claims victory as nurses ratify new contract, end strike
Nurses at Meriter hospital in Madison returned to work Sunday with a new contract at the end of a five-day strike, the first in the hospital’s history. The agreement, reached Saturday and ratified by union members late Saturday night, for…
Meriter, union approve two-year contract agreement following historic strike
MADISON (WKOW) -- Nurses at UnityPoint Health – Meriter have voted to ratify a new two-year contract negotiated between the hospital and the nurses' union, SEIU Healthcare. The ratification follows several months of bargaining between the two parties.
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