Nearly 9,000 nurses at Corewell Health in Southeast Michigan have voted to authorize a potential strike after months of stalled contract negotiations over wages and healthcare benefits.
The nurses, who unionized with Teamsters about a year and a half ago, are pushing for their first contract since forming the union. The authorization vote came as roughly 9,000 of the 10,000 unionized Corewell Health Teamsters nurses backed the measure.
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Corewell Health nurses in Southeast Michigan vote to authorize strike as contract talks stall
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Corewell Health nurses in Southeast Michigan vote to authorize strike as contract talks stall
Lori Greenlee, a registered nurse who has worked at Corewell Health’s Royal Oak campus for 26 years and serves on the bargaining team, said some progress has been made on patient safety issues, but wages and healthcare benefits remain unresolved sticking points…