US EditionUnityPoint Health-Meriter vows continued care after hundreds of nurses begin week-long strike
- Nearly 1,000 nurses began a week-long strike on Tuesday morning, May 27, at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.
- The strike follows stalled contract negotiations since January, with the union demanding improved workplace safety, staffing, and pay.
- During the strike, nurses moved to inactive status lose access to pay, benefits, and workplace systems, while outside and travel nurses care for patients.
- Pat Raes, a union leader, stated that nurses have been raising serious issues about understaffing, unsafe working conditions, and exhaustion for an extended period, yet management has not taken any action or acknowledged these concerns.
- Meriter leadership expressed disappointment, affirmed readiness to resume talks, and scheduled the next bargaining session for Thursday, with both sides open to earlier meetings.
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A Better Wisconsin Together: Releases statement of support for Meriter nurses
MADISON, Wis. — As local nurses at Unity Point Health Meriter begin a strike today, A Better Wisconsin Together issued the following statement of support: “We stand in solidarity with the nearly 1,000 SEIU Meriter Hospital nurses who are standing up...
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