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Nurses union calls off strike at McLaren Macomb Hospital
The union representing more than 500 nurses at McLaren Macomb Hospital in suburban Detroit called off preparations for strike action against the health care corporation early Saturday morning, saying that they had reached a tentative agreement.
Local 40 of the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) notified the nurses of the settlement through Facebook at 12:53 a.m.
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The nurses had voted for strike action by 90 percent on June 29 and the union had sent management a 10-day strike notice on July 18 over inadequate staffing at the hospital over the past year and a half. Nurses have been forced to work at the hospital in the suburban Detroit community of Mount Clemens taking care of as many as six patients at a time.
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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.
McLaren Macomb Hospital nurses vote overwhelmingly for strike action
Six hundred nurses at McLaren Macomb Hospital voted by 90 percent on June 29 to go on strike when their current contract expires at midnight on July 27.
The overwhelming vote for a strike by the nurses at the 288-bed hospital in the suburban Detroit community of Mount Clemens, Michigan is the result of the drive by management to intensify the exploitation of the staff at the facility throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
While hospital registered nurses (RNs) have made enormous sacrifices and worked with short staffing and extended hours throughout the public health crisis, saving lives and assisting those infected with the virus, the hospital has used the pandemic to increase the financial payoff for top executives of the multi-billion-dollar McLaren Health Care corporation.