Contact: Jim Engle, Council Chair
MNA – Alpena Chapter
(989) 595-6551
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) 356-7351
August 26, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Alpena Regional Medical Center and Registered
Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement
Alpena, MI – Registered Nurses, represented
by the Michigan Nurses Association Unit 1 of the
Alpena Chapter, and Alpena Regional Medical Center
reached a tentative agreement on a new contract
late Thursday evening, August 26th.
The Registered Nurses will vote on the tentative
three-year agreement on Friday, September 2nd. 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 current contract expired on Monday,
February 28, 2005.
The tentative agreement ensures that the General
Duty and Charge 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 900 employees, including
more than 200 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.
