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Bernie Sanders

Donkees

(32,402 posts) Thu Jul 5, 2018, 03:11 PM Jul 2018

Just in: Sen. Sanders holding a press conf. tomorrow afternoon ...ongoing labor dispute UVMMedCenter

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Just in: Sen. Sanders holding a press conf. tomorrow afternoon ...ongoing labor dispute UVMMedCenter (Original Post) Donkees Jul 2018 OP

Sanders backing UVM Medical Center nurses in labor dispute Donkees Jul 2018 #1

Still so proud of the man and his integrity. Nanjeanne Jul 2018 #2

Watch live: @SenSanders is speaking now on UVM Medical Center's looming nurses strike. Donkees Jul 2018 #3

Periscope Link: Donkees Jul 2018 #4

Donkees

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1. Sanders backing UVM Medical Center nurses in labor dispute

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Thu Jul 5, 2018, 07:11 PM

Jul 2018

Dan D'Ambrosio, Burlington Free Press - Updated 6:50 p.m. ET July 5, 2018

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Sanders, I-Vt., announced Thursday he will hold a news conference on Friday afternoon to "demand that the UVM Medical Center administration address the nursing crisis at the hospital."

Sanders said he would be joined by the leadership of the nurses' union, the Vermont Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals.

The union announced Monday that nurses would go on strike on July 12-13 after months of contract negotiations with the hospital.

A major point of contention in the contract negotiations is pay. The union is asking for a 24 percent increase in salaries over three years. The hospital wants a 13 percent increase over three years. Nurses say inadequate pay has resulted in high turnover and makes it difficult to recruit for an average of 150 nursing vacancies at UVM Medical Center.

https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2018/07/05/bernie-sanders-nurses-strike-uvm-support/761172002/