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Over 2,000 support staff could soon join the ranks of unionized employees at Vermont’s largest hospital. That's after workers at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington gathered enough signatures to petition for a union election.

It says a lot about the work environment at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center when a registered nurse who runs an innocuous Instagram page is so afraid of retaliation from management that they feel a need to hide their identity. The nurse who started...

UVM Medical Center nurses signed a two-year contract with the hospital, but the union is already gearing up for the next round of negotiations.

Negotiations between nurses and UVM Medical Center are not at a stalemate, but progress has slowed according to lead negotiator for nurses.

After agreeing to a pay increase in February, the federation continues to discuss the remainder of its contract.

Nearly 2,000 nurses at the hospital will receive a 10% increase in their next paycheck

BURLINGTON — The nurses and technical employees and the University of Vermont Medical Center have reached an agreement to increase wages, the hospital announced Monday.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The nurses and technical employees and the University of Vermont Medical Center have reached an agreement to increase wages, the hospital announced Monday. The Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals voted to accept a wage proposal in advance of the nurses’ contract expiring this summer, the hospital said.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The nurses and technical employees and the University of Vermont Medical Center have reached an agreement to increase wages, the hospital announced Monday. The Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals voted to accept a wage proposal in advance of the nurses’ contract expiring this summer, the hospital said.

Travel nurses, who move from state to state and work on short-term contracts, are meant to be used as Band-Aids — temporarily filling jobs long...