The hospital has insisted it does not have money for salary and wage increases, but the report said it has given raises to non-union employees. The union said it will continue to negotiate for raises, even if it means a one-time bonus to offset the health insurance increase.
The service employees’ union is now disseminating a petition to allow a strike vote, the report said.
Read the Watertown Daily Times report on E.J. Noble Hospital.
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