Local Updates

Local Updates
May 12, 2026

  The bargaining committee met with management today to continue negotiations regarding wages, holidays, per diem requirements, weekend differentials, health insurance, and other contract language issues. Management presented revised wage scale proposals for both RNs and LPNs. The committee spent

Local Updates
May 11, 2026

Hello Local 5142. In light of Nurses Week, I want to thank all of you for your dedication and a job well done. I understand that in the next few months there will be added stressors with meeting training deadlines

Local Updates
May 05, 2026

Yesterday, Monday, May 4, 2026, Union Nurses handed out flyers demanding safe staffing and calling out Management for not providing the information we need to negotiate. Management responded by walking out of negotiations, refusing to give us counterproposals to our

Local Updates
May 05, 2026

Management is realizing that we are ready to do what it takes to achieve our priorities in this contract, and we need to continue to build the pressure in the weeks ahead.

Local Updates
May 05, 2026

Yesterday marked our first day of bargaining for local 5097. The union presented twenty (20) proposals identified by our membership as top priorities. These include economic improvements such as new wage scales, across-the-board raises, and weekend differentials. We also put

Local Updates
May 01, 2026

We did see some movement on our most critical issues of staffing and health and safety. While management's counters are nowhere close to where they need to be, they do show that the collective actions are making a huge difference.