Lansing, MI – McLaren nurses and community members will rally outside of McLaren Greater Lansing Hospital today while holding an informational picket. The event will occur from 4pm-6:30pm. Organizers expect that attendance will be well over a hundred. … Continue reading →

6,200 nurses have been working without a contract since July 1

ANN ARBOR – The Michigan Nurses Association-University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council (MNA-UMPNC) has reached a tentative agreement with the university after more than two months of working without a contract. … Continue reading →

96 percent yes vote gives leaders authority to call a work stoppage

ANN ARBOR – Nurses at the University of Michigan have voted overwhelmingly to authorize their elected nurse bargaining team to call a strike in protest of the university’s alleged unfair labor practices. … Continue reading →

ANN ARBOR – About 6,200 registered nurses at the University of Michigan will vote later this month on whether to authorize a work stoppage in protest of the university’s unfair labor practices.

Members of the Michigan Nurses Association-University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council (MNA-UMPNC) will vote from Aug. … Continue reading →

Issue is tied directly to nurses’ patient safety concerns

ANN ARBOR – The Michigan Nurses Association filed a lawsuit Monday against the University of Michigan, alleging that it is breaking the law by refusing to bargain over nurses’ workloads in its contract negotiations with the University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council (MNA-UMPNC). … Continue reading →

ANN ARBOR – Thousands of University of Michigan nurses and allies held an informational picket today to call attention to the nurses’ fight for safe staffing amid an expired contract.

The Michigan Nurses Association-University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council (MNA-UMPNC) represents about 6,200 registered nurses throughout the health system. … Continue reading →

THREE RIVERS, MI – Registered nurses at Three Rivers Health-Beacon Health System have ratified a new contract that will help recruit and retain nurses and enable them to provide safe, quality care.

Nurses had been working under a contract that expired March 31. … Continue reading →

ANN ARBOR-With their contract set to expire June 30, members of the Michigan Nurses Association-University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council (MNA-UMPNC) are demanding that university administration end its takeaway demands and get serious about bargaining and address nurses’ concerns about the safety and quality of patient care. … Continue reading →

Three Rivers, MI – Nurses at Three Rivers Health-Beacon Health System today held a rally and informational picket to highlight their campaign for a fair contract that invests in nurses and enables them to provide safe, quality care.

The nurses’ contract expired on March 31. … Continue reading →