The union representing about 6,200 Michigan Medicine nurses said it reached a tentative agreement Wednesday with the University of Michigan.
The contract deal, if ratified by members of the University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council, a local bargaining unit of the Michigan Nurses Association, would include:
An end to mandatory overtime.An im.......The union recurrenting about 6,200 Michigan Medicine nurses said it reached a tentative settlement Wednesday with the College of Michigan.
The contract deal, if ratified by members of the College of Michigan Expert Nurse Council, An space low costing unit of the Michigan Nurses Affiliation, Would Embrace:
- An finish to obligatory further time.
- An improved mechanism for implementing contractual workload ratios.
- Aggressive wages to recruit and retain skilled nurses.
No completely different particulars have been launched. The union has been working And by no means using a contract since June 30.
The tentative settlement comes after 96% of the union voted earlier this month to authorize A bit stoppage as An factor of an untruthful labor apply strike.
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“By way of our months of solidarity and collective movement, nurses have stood strong To Obtain an settlement that meets our members’ priorities of defending affected individuals and investing in nurses so We will current Definitely one of the biggest care potential,” registered nurse Renee Curtis, president of MNA-UMPNC, said in A press launch.
“MNA-UMPNC nurses Want to thank our group for all their assist and advocacy over the months. Our elected nurse negotiating group is unanimous in believing that this settlement is a win For everyone who cares about nurses and The regular of care On the College of Michigan.”
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Earlier than the contract expired in June, nurses appealed to the university’s Board of Regents looking for to an finish to obligatory further time, improved nurse-to-affected person ratios And greater compensation. When That did not End in a deal, about 1,000 nurses marched in Ann Arbor in July.
Quickly after, the union sued Inside the Michigan Courtroom of Claims, asking for an injunction to low cost workload ratios immediately, pfinishing a ruling by the Michigan Employment Relations Fee, the place an untruthful labor apply cost was filed.
The lawsuit was dropped Wednesday. Decide Douglas B. Shapiro wrote: “Per the events’ settlement, plaintiff’s movement for preliminary injunction is adjourned with out date and till further order of the court.”
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