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All Is Calm At UPHS–Portage

August 31, 2017 Featured, Local News Leave a comment 954 Views

While a strike may be imminent by nurses at U.P. Health System—Marquette, there does not appear to be any danger of an interruption of health care service in the Keweenaw.

Duke Lifepoint issued a statement that although the Marquette hospital is currently engaged in contract negotiations with the Michigan Nurses Association, this process does not involve or impact in any way the teams at U.P. Health System—Portage.

A statement was also issued Wednesday in response to a vote by the nurses to authorize a strike in Marquette, saying they remain optimistic that they will reach a new collective bargaining agreement.

Negotiations have been ongoing since mid-April.

Last week, the Michigan Nurses Association filed a report with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, citing hundreds of unsafe patient care incidents that have occurred at the hospital since January first.

Nurses say those incidents are due to short staffing, which is the main component of their bargaining talks with the hospital.

For more on this story, visit ABC-10’s website.

Here is the full press release issued by UPHS–Marquette:

As you may be aware, UPHS – Marquette is currently engaged in contract negotiations with the Michigan Nurses Association. This process does not involve or impact in any way the teams at UPHS – Portage.
The Michigan Nurses Association reportedly worked very hard to convince an undisclosed number of UP Health System – Marquette employees to vote in the affirmative in yesterday’s strike authorization vote.
Notwithstanding the reported result of that vote, we are encouraged by the many employees who have expressed their opposition to this tactic by the MNA, and who are dismayed by the Union’s recent public attacks that portray their hospital in such an inaccurate, inflammatory, and damaging light.
We presently are scheduled to negotiate with the MNA through the end of September, and we remain optimistic that those negotiations will eventually conclude with a collective bargaining agreement that meets the needs of all parties.
During this time, as always, you may rest assured that our first priority is the delivery of high quality, compassionate care to those we serve. 

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