Nurses represented by the Michigan Nurses Association and University of Michigan Professional Nurses Council (MNA/UMPNC) have voted to approve a four-year contract with University of Michigan Health.

The competitive employment agreement provides a four-year, $273 million package that includes a 22.5% raise over the course of the contract, a $5,000 bonus for each nurse, elimination of mandatory overtime and expanded staffing guidelines.

Highlights of the mediated agreement include:

A $273 million compensation package: This includes several raises. Nurse practitioners are being placed in a new salary step model. All other nurses will receive a 7.5% increase in year one. All bargaining unit members will receive a 6% increase in year two, 5% in year three, and 4% in year four.

Each member of the bargaining unit will also receive a $5,000 lump sum in 2022 and current nurses who are still employed at Michigan Medicine will receive a $2,000 retention bonus on March 31, 2026. (Both of these sums will be prorated according to terms in the contract.)

Expanded staffing guidelines: The agreement enables us to continue the industry-leading staffing levels that we have historically maintained, while creating an improved process for managing situations in which a demonstrated pattern exists showing that staffing levels have not been met.

Improved scheduling: For most units, mandatory overtime will end except for defined emergency situations. 

U-M Health will continue to work with MNA/UMPNC in implementing the new contract.