Maine Med nurses overwhelmingly vote "Yes!" to keep their union
In the union vote held Aug. 17 and Aug. 18, nurses voted by an even larger majority for their union than they did the first time, in April 2021.
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In the union vote held Aug. 17 and Aug. 18, nurses voted by an even larger majority for their union than they did the first time, in April 2021.
In a landslide 1,108-to-387 vote, the nurses voted to remain unionized, affirming the results of their 2021 election.
Nurses say they hope to finalize their first contract within weeks
Protests in Bogota demanded that the right wing regime of Ivan Duque cease its repressive polices while hundreds of Teamster members in at the giant Sysco Corporation warehouse in Maryland walked out over working conditions and time off.
Dozens of unionized nurses at Maine Medical Center in Portland picketed Wednesday morning outside the hospital amid contract negotiations that have gone on for eight months.