Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association and six Twin Cities hospital systems have ratified a new three-year contract, KARE 11 reports.
The new contract offers nurses a 4.5 percent raise over the three years and takes effect June 1, 2013, and runs through May 31, 2016. The contract covers 11,000 nurses at Allina, Children’s, Fairview, HealthEast, North Memorial and Park Nicollet hospitals.
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The Minnesota Nurses Association has agreed to hold early contract negotiations with six Twin Cities hospitals, the Associated Press reports. The current contract covers roughly 12,000 union nurses at Allina, Children’s, Fairview, HealthEast, North Memorial and Park Nicollet hospitals. It expires June 1, 2013. Both sides agreed negotiations will be limited to wages only, unless a deal can not be reached by Dec. 25.
Members of a hospital workers union have voted "overwhelmingly" to ratify a new three-year contract with eight Twin Cities hospitals, union officials said on Wednesday. The vote, by members of the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Minnesota, came just over a week after the union had threatened a two- to five-day strike as its contract was set to expire.
A 37-month contract for union members at taconite plants in Hibbing, Eveleth and Michigan that includes a 4.5 percent wage increase was ratified by the United Steelworkers. The union and company reached a tentative agreement on Oct. 11.
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