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Meriter Nurses Strike For Better Working Conditions and Pay
Clip: Season 2300 Episode 2346 | 1m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
Hundreds of nurses at Meriter Hospital in Madison went on strike with multiple demands.
Hundreds of nurses at Meriter Hospital in Madison who are organized in the Service Employees International Union went on strike to demand a raise, more job security and a lower patient-to-staff ratio.
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Meriter Nurses Strike For Better Working Conditions and Pay
Clip: Season 2300 Episode 2346 | 1m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
Hundreds of nurses at Meriter Hospital in Madison who are organized in the Service Employees International Union went on strike to demand a raise, more job security and a lower patient-to-staff ratio.
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>> Thank you.
>> On the picket line, hundreds of nurses at Meriter Hospital in Madison went out on strike Tuesday.
Negotiations resumed Thursday and Friday.
Even in the midst of picketing.
>> Union union.
Mighty, mighty union.
>> In the hospital's first ever strike, the nurses called for a wage hike higher than the 3.68% offered better security and better patient to staff ratios.
Meriter says throughout the strike, the hospital has remained fully operational and is running smoothly with the hiring of travel nurses.
SEIU represents nearly 1000 nurses at the hospital.
The union filed an unfair labor practices complaint against Meriter over threats to strip striking nurses of benefits.
>> There's a lot of people rallying around health care workers, especially after Covid, and we are finally standing up for ourselves and fighting for what we need and deserve.
>> We just want what's best.
We love what we do, and we're here trying to
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