More than 1000 Nurses Protest University of Michigan Health System Practices
Photographer: WXYZ
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Posted: 08/14/2011
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By: Kim Russell
More than a thousand nurses at the University of Michigan Health System picketed in Ann Arbor Saturday. They accuse UMHS of unfair labor practices.
The two sides disagree on health-care benefits, paid time off, and pension. Nurses claim patient care will decline as a result of the proposed changes. The UMHS says patient care is a priority, and that that claim isn’t true.
Both sides have met dozens of times without coming to a solution since the nurses’ contract expired June 30th.
The nurses and management are scheduled to return to the bargaining table this week.
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