Contact: Flo Baerren, Labor Representative
Michigan Nurses Association
(517) 349-5640, ext. 24 or (cell) (517) 256-2311
flo.baerren@minurses.org
OR
Carol Feuss, Director of Communication
517/349-5640, ext. 39 or (cell) 517/230-4086
carol.feuss@minurses.org
OR
Matt Grimshaw
Chief Marketing and Development Officer
Alpena Regional Medical Center
(989) 356-735
March 3, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Alpena Regional Medical Center and
Registered Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement
Alpena, MI – Registered Nurses, represented
by the Michigan Nurses Association, and Alpena Regional
Medical Center reached a tentative agreement on
a new contract on Friday, February 25. The current
contract expired on Monday, February 28, 2005.
The Registered Nurses will vote on the tentative
three-year agreement in the next few weeks. Details
of the tentative agreement are not available at
this time. Union and hospital officials are appreciative
of all of the effort that has gone into the negotiation
process.
The tentative agreement ensures that the 190 Registered
Nurses at Alpena Regional Medical Center will continue
to provide the people of Northeast Michigan the
very best in patient care.
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The Michigan Nurses Association,
nurses’ voice for 100 years, is the largest
nurses’ union in the State of Michigan.
The Michigan Nurses Association (MNA) promotes
the economic and general welfare of nurses in
the workplace, fosters high standards of nursing
practice, and lobbies the legislature and regulatory
agencies on health care issues affecting nurses
and recipients of nursing services. MNA is a constituent
member of the American Nurses Association and
the United American Nurses, as well as an affiliate
of the AFL-CIO.
Alpena Regional Medical Center (ARMC) is a 146-bed
acute care facility with a health care team that
includes 95 physicians, over 800 employees, including
190 Registered Nurses, and approximately 250 volunteers.
It is federally-designated as a rural Regional
Referral Center for all of Northeastern Michigan.
ARMC offers the region’s only fixed MRI,
Cardiac Cath Lab, and comprehensive rehab program,
and provides health care services to more patients
than any other hospital in the region.
