Meriter Nurses celebrated with their community by hosting a blood drive at the the Madison Labor Temple. Our union nurses at Meriter are in solidarity with the American Red Cross workers of AFSCME Locals 1558 & 1205 who worked the 2-day blood drive, and are currently in the midst of contract negotiations! . In addition to our Meriter Nurses Council organizing this delicious food truck below to kick off Nurses Week, UNION CAB COOPERATIVE OF MADISON not only lent their taxi stand, the UNION CAB BOARD passed unanimously a resolution in support of frontline nurses at Meriter Hospital and UW Hospital for NURSES WEEK 2022!
Hundreds of nurses will call for solutions to the crisis at UW Health and will be joined by their families and scores of elected, community, faith and labor leaders at the action, which will resonate throughout the state and nation
Tensions have flared as Gundersen–which has made massive profits–presented its “last and final offer” in union contract negotiations, and workers rejected it by a 94% vote.
**Frontline Workers to Hold Rally and Launch Giant Mobile Billboard Calling on Gundersen to “Respect and Invest in Healthcare Heroes for Quality Care”**
Nurses and healthcare workers throughout Wisconsin applaud Governor Tony Evers’ leadership on COVID safety, and strongly support his vaccine incentive plan to protect our patients, our families, our coworkers and our communities!
UnityPoint Health made over $278 million in profits, but executives are refusing to provide frontline workers with the time off they need to recover from the pandemic
Wealthy Aspirus executives are threatening to raise workers’ family healthcare costs and make other cuts, while the corporation raked in massive profits and the CEO made over $1.3 million.
