Eastern Maine Med nurses plan strike
Nurses at Bangor's Eastern Maine Medical Center are planning a one-day strike after contract negotiations stalled yesterday.
Union President Judy Brown told the Bangor Daily News that 86% of the nurses voted against a final contract offer Thursday. The Maine State Nurses Association and its affiliate, the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United, represent about 850 EMMC registered nurses and have been in talks with EMMC officials for months. A date for the strike has not been set, but a 10-day notice of a strike is required.
Points of contention in contract talks have been nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, health insurance for union members and protection from layoffs and transfers, according to the paper.
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