Union Leader Had Publicly Warned of COVID-19 Safety Issues at Hospital

Muskegon, MI – A local nurse filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that he was fired from Hackley Hospital in retaliation for publicly raising concerns about the safety of frontline health care workers and patients – a violation of the Michigan Whistleblower Protection Act and the Michigan Public Health Code. … Continue reading →

At least $8.4 million could go to support front line healthcare workers and acquiring PPE

Lansing, MI – A coalition of unions including OPEIU Local 459, Teamsters Local 332, SEIU Healthcare Michigan, OPEIU Local 40, UNITE HERE! Local 688, and the Michigan Nurses Association put out a call today for McLaren Health Care Corporation executives to reduce their own salaries so that no person makes more than a million dollars this year. … Continue reading →

Union Leader Warned of COVID-19 Safety Issues, Called for Increased Worker Protections

Muskegon, MI – Shortly after doing multiple media interviews raising concerns about the hospital’s preparedness and the safety of RNs and health care professionals, local nurses’ union president Justin Howe, RN, was terminated from his position as a nurse at Mercy Health Partners’ Hackley Hospital. … Continue reading →

From Tina Ray, RN, president of the Professional Employee Council of Sparrow Hospital/Michigan Nurses Association

“While everyone has a right to gather and express their opinions, today’s protest sends exactly the opposite message that nurses and healthcare professionals are trying to get across: we are begging people, please stay home. … Continue reading →

NLRB acts on charges of anti-union activities against Royal Oak campus RNs

ROYAL OAK – An unfair labor practice complaint has been issued by the National Labor Relations Board, alleging that Beaumont Hospital discriminated against nurses because of their union activities and interfered, coerced and restrained them in those efforts. … Continue reading →

(Alma, MI) – Registered nurses at MidMichigan Medical Center – Gratiot overwhelmingly ratified a new contract Thursday night. The contract includes improved language regarding staffing levels that will keep patients safer as well as raises to achieve parity for Gratiot RNs with other nurses in the MidMichigan Health system. … Continue reading →

Nurses held an informational picket calling for a fair contract that puts patients first 

(Alma, MI) – Approximately 200 nurses at MidMichigan Medical Center – Gratiot and their community supporters held an informational picket last night to call on the administration to negotiate a fair contract. … Continue reading →

Hospital must post signs asserting nurses’ rights 

(Traverse City, MI) Munson Medical Center has been forced to post signs in the hospital and on the hospital’s intranet stating nurses have a right to talk about their working conditions as part of the settlement the hospital entered into with the National Labor Relations Board. … Continue reading →

(Kalamazoo, MI) Over 100 nurses held a rally and informational picket today at Borgess Hospital to call for a fair contract that guarantees safe staffing and puts patients before profit.

“We are picketing because we know that safe staffing saves lives,” said Jamie Brown, President of the Michigan Nurses Association and registered nurse at Borgess Hospital. … Continue reading →