Detroit-area nurses give ten-day strike notice at McLaren Macomb Hospital
Nurses at McLaren Macomb Hospital in Mount Clemens, Michigan gave a ten-day notice to management last Sunday stating that they intend to go on strike if a new contract is not agreed to when the old agreement expires on July 27.
Representatives from Local 40 of the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) informed McLaren that the 530 nurses will walk out if staffing issues at the 228-bed hospital are not resolved by the deadline.
Members of OPEIU Local 40 picket Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital in 2020 (credit: OPEIU Local 40)
Nurses at McLaren Macomb have been forced to work with a shortage of more than 10 percent of the contractually required staffing levels and have not been able to effectively provide health care services to hospital patients. Hospital management has failed to replace 70 nurses and claimed that this is due to a nationwide nursing shortage.
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