UVM nurses balk at hospital spending as filings disclose executive pay

A new federal filing showing that the University of Vermont Medical Center paid two top executives more than $3 million in 2016 is likely to fan the flames of a labor dispute that’s centered around salary concerns.

Hospital administrators and unionized nurses say they made progress during a marathon negotiating session that broke off just before midnight Wednesday. But there’s still no new contract.

Nurses union President Laurie Aunchman called the executive pay figures “disheartening,” adding that “the hospital is speaking loud and clear as to what their priorities are.”

Scottie Emery-Ginn, who chairs the UVM Health Network trustees board, countered that the salaries for CEO John Brumsted and other administrators are carefully considered.

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