US EditionMeriter Hospital, Striking Nurses to Resume Contract Talks
- Approximately 950 nurses at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital in Madison began a five-day strike on Tuesday, demanding contract improvements.
- The strike follows prolonged contract negotiations since January after the previous agreement expired in March, with key issues including staffing, safety, and pay.
- Nurses seek metal detectors, more security guards, better safety training, and minimum staffing ratios, while the hospital opposes mandated ratios but offers a $4.67 hourly wage raise.
- Nurses emphasized the importance of including clear contractual provisions that ensure their safety on the job, while Meriter reported reaching tentative agreements on 19 union proposals.
- The strike is set to end Sunday morning with contract talks resuming Thursday under mediation, as both sides continue negotiations without a current contract resolution.
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Striking nurses hold vigil as bargaining resumes at Meriter hospital
Roughly 150 nurses and their allies gathered at dusk Thursday for a vigil to show support for the strike underway at Meriter hospital in Madison. The crowd was smaller than the throngs that have gathered outside the hospital during daily…
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This week's strike is the first in the hospital's history, according to the union, which represents more than 930 nurses at the hospital. Thursday's negotiations were the first between the two sides in more than a week. The post Nurses at Madison hospital on strike, citing unmet contract demands appeared first on WPR.
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