Similar to last week’s negotiating sessions, Michigan Medicine received additional proposals from MNA/UMPNC this week on various topics including staffing and scheduling, shift and weekend premiums, workload review, and charge nurse guidelines.
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This week, UMPNC provided their initial counterproposals and additional proposals to Michigan Medicine.
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Conversations during this week’s negotiations focused heavily on staffing.
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This week, both negotiating teams spent majority of the bargaining sessions in separate caucuses with their own team, reviewing proposals received from the other team and preparing counterproposals.
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A representative from the Michigan Medicine Nursing Recruitment and Retention team joined the negotiation teams on Thursday to share information on staffing levels.
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This week’s discussions focused primarily on staffing and a proposal submitted by MNA/UMPNC regarding mandatory nurse-to-patient staffing ratios which is a key component in staffing discussions. The University is currently reviewing the proposal to determine how it impacts the rest of the contract.
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This week, Dr. David Miller and Paul Castillo joined the negotiating teams to speak to Michigan Medicine’s mission and share an overview of the organization’s current financial state.
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Earlier this week, the Michigan Medicine bargaining team met with representatives from the Michigan Nurses Association/University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council to begin negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement. The goal for Michigan Medicine is to work collaboratively with MNA/UMPNC representatives to develop a new contract that continues supporting our nurses as they provide the highest quality and safest care for our patients.
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