Here are five things to know.
1. Union members picketed May 8 to bring attention to their lack of contract with HMC. Union President Pamela Campbell said contract negotiations have been ongoing for more than a year, but remain unresolved, MLive.com reports.
2. Ms. Campbell said there are not “enough nurses to take care of the patients on a daily basis. We have over 36,000 hours of mandatory overtime in a six-month period. The nurses are working very, very hard taking care of the patients and [the nurses are] getting discouraged because [HMC] will not settle in a fair contract with us.”
3. The union president added the nurses initially were not offered a raise, but have since been offered a 0.5 percent raise.
4. HMC said in a statement to MLive.com it is “confident that the Registered Nurses and Pharmacists will have a fair contract. Hurley Medical Center prides itself on its history of union collaboration and union contracts that are favorable to both parties.”
5. A mediator is assisting the negotiations, according to the report.
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