9 N.J hosipitals to be struck June 2

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Thanks for the updates Mark. I haven't seen much union activity around here so it's interesting to see what goes on where they have strong unions.

Sorry to get off the New Jersey topic. There IS a union election coming up in Arizona this month.

https://allnurses.com/forums/f195/flagstaff-medical-center-nurses-attend-rally-union-157601.html

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Sorry to get off the New Jersey topic. There IS a union election coming up in Arizona this month.

https://allnurses.com/forums/f195/flagstaff-medical-center-nurses-attend-rally-union-157601.html

Thanks spacenurse. Yes, there is a vote coming up to form a union in Flagstaff. It's more interesting to me (and should be of interest to the nurses in Flag) to see what nurses' unions are doing in areas where they currently exist.

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Was it worth it? Did the union really help the nurses? Are they better of now than they were before the strike?lockout?

Any updates? Did the union achieve anything with this strike turned to lockout?

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Englewood hospital, striking nurses' union reach tentative pact

By LINDA A. JOHNSON

Associated Press Writer

July 28, 2006, 9:39 AM EDT

TRENTON, N.J. -- The month-long strike by 660 unionized nurses at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center could be over soon.

Hospital officials and the nurses union, Health Professionals and Allied Employees, reached a tentative agreement Thursday night during their first bargaining session in two weeks.

The agreement, which would run for three years, will be voted on by the nurses Saturday.

"We hope and expect that our members will vote to ratify this agreement," the union said in a statement. "We can then bring the real nurses back to the bedside by Thursday."

Englewood has continued to operate during the strike with temporary nurses brought in by an agency hired by the hospital caring for patients. Staff nurses, meanwhile, picketed frequently outside the hospital.

Key issues under dispute had included proposed changes to the nurses' pension plan, plus scheduling, wages and the number of patients under the care of each nurse.

The hospital said in a brief statement that the consensus on the pension plan, the key sticking point during bargaining talks, was "of greatest significance."

According to the nurses union, it agreed to make changes to the plan that will save the hospital millions of dollars by shifting future nurses into a 401(k)-style retirement plan, rather than the defined benefit plan current nurses have. Hospital officials had insisted that Englewood could not afford to continue providing the current pension plan.

The union said the contract also achieved its goal of maintaining safe nurse-to-patient ratios on all shifts.

On the Net:

http://www.hpae.org

http://www.englewoodhospital.com

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