October 12, 2007
EMMC nurses withdraw strike notice
Eastern Maine Medical Center nurses may have reached an agreement with hospital administration after an all-day meeting on Wednesday facilitated by a federal mediator, according to the Bangor Daily News.
Negotiations between the nurses' union, representing roughly 870 people, and the Bangor hospital's officials ended with what union president Judy Brown called "a tentative agreement" that includes key concessions to nurses' concerns about a professional practice committee at the hospital. The union canceled its 24-hour strike notice pending ratification of the agreement, which Brown told the paper she will recommend to union membership.
In related news, a study by the Maine Quality Forum, a state agency that gathers hospital data, found that between January and September 2006, EMMC provided fewer RN patient hours per day than the other large hospitals in Maine, though the facilities' numbers improved during the final three months of the year, according to the Bangor Daily News.
Negotiations between the nurses' union, representing roughly 870 people, and the Bangor hospital's officials ended with what union president Judy Brown called "a tentative agreement" that includes key concessions to nurses' concerns about a professional practice committee at the hospital. The union canceled its 24-hour strike notice pending ratification of the agreement, which Brown told the paper she will recommend to union membership.
In related news, a study by the Maine Quality Forum, a state agency that gathers hospital data, found that between January and September 2006, EMMC provided fewer RN patient hours per day than the other large hospitals in Maine, though the facilities' numbers improved during the final three months of the year, according to the Bangor Daily News.
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