October 9, 2007
Last-ditch effort to avert nurses' strike
A few days after nurses at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor again gave the hospital a 10-day strike notice, a federal mediator is calling for a second emergency meeting to try to avert the strike.
The Maine State Nurses Association on Saturday issued a 10-day strike notice after 80% of its members at EMMC on Friday voted against the hospital's final contract offer. A meeting with a federal mediator last week was unsuccessful, but a mediator will attempt to resolve the disagreement again this Thursday, the Bangor Daily News reported today. The nurses union is mainly concerned about the make-up of a nurse practice committee that would monitor staffing and other workplace issues, the paper said.
If the parties are unable to agree, the nurses plan to strike for 24 hours starting at 7 a.m. on October 17. The hospital told the paper the strike will not disrupt patient services at the hospital as it will bring in temporary nurses for the day.
The Maine State Nurses Association on Saturday issued a 10-day strike notice after 80% of its members at EMMC on Friday voted against the hospital's final contract offer. A meeting with a federal mediator last week was unsuccessful, but a mediator will attempt to resolve the disagreement again this Thursday, the Bangor Daily News reported today. The nurses union is mainly concerned about the make-up of a nurse practice committee that would monitor staffing and other workplace issues, the paper said.
If the parties are unable to agree, the nurses plan to strike for 24 hours starting at 7 a.m. on October 17. The hospital told the paper the strike will not disrupt patient services at the hospital as it will bring in temporary nurses for the day.
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