(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 →

(Pontiac, MI) – The Oakland County Board of Commissioners today passed a bi-partisan declaration of support for the Registered Nurses of Beaumont – Royal Oak hospital to form their union in an atmosphere free from intimidation. RNs first brought concerns to the Oakland County Board of Commissioners about Beaumont’s actions and their potential impact on patient care in late June, citing instances of nurses being pulled away from patients to attend meetings with outside labor consultants. … Continue reading →

Nurses Say Surveillance, Interrogation and Other Management Actions Violate U.S. Labor Law

(DETROIT) – Nurses at Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak have filed an unfair labor practice charge at the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Detroit in response to multiple incidents in which management has attempted to interfere with the right of nurses to organize and form their own union. … Continue reading →

Nurses say this is a fair contract that will recruit and retain nurses

(Escanaba, MI) – By an overwhelming majority, nurses at OSF St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba ratified a three-year contract last night. Nurses had been in contract negotiations since April 1. … Continue reading →

(Pontiac, MI) – Yesterday evening a group of nurses at Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak spoke before the Oakland County Commission to raise concerns about the hospital’s anti-union campaign and its impact on working conditions and patient care. … Continue reading →

After Slamming the Door on Mothers and Families by Closing OB Dept, Hospital Brass Now Attacks RNs

MANISTEE – Executives at Munson Manistee Hospital have illegally made changes to nurses’ pay cycles and health care benefits and have refused to provide information necessary for collective bargaining, according to allegations of a complaint issued by federal officials from the National Labor Relations Board and new charges filed by the Michigan Nurses Association. … Continue reading →