A group of nurses at Saint Mary’s, part of Prime Healthcare, announced their intent to strike on February 18th as they fight for what they call “a fair contract,” and safer staffing. A press conference today was also about an alleged wrongful termination.
“We are currently up for contract negotiations,” a nurse wrote Our Town Reno recently. “Prime Healthcare has refused multiple times to give us safe staffing ratios, safe orientation for new grads (only 6 weeks which is way below standard for training a new nurse) and giving fair wages,” they alleged.
After an overwhelming union vote to strike, a recent email from Prime Healthcare alleges “the union was potentially suppressing the vote of many of our employees.”…