Bargaining Update #25

Dear Nursing Colleagues,

We met today with the NNU Bargaining Team in an added bargaining session. The NNU Bargaining Team has agreed to meet again on Thursday, March 7^th as we continue to work toward a contract prior to the upcoming strike on March 14^th.

Both sides presented packaged proposals on staffing, and both sides discussed contractual language for newly represented critical care outreach nurses and diabetes educators. We reached a tentative agreement on parking today, which provides the following to NNU members:

1. Expands garage parking access to ALL 2^nd shift nurses
2. Freezing nurse parking rates for the term of the CBA
3. Freezing the percentage of garage spaces allocated to NNU RNs

In addition, UCMC proposed a new process today to resolve patterns of nurse staffing disputes at the medical center. NNU has said that this type of process is a top union priority that ensures nurses have a transparent pathway to raise staffing concerns. Our proposal starts with bringing staffing disputes to the NPPCC and Patient Acuity Committees and ends with the option of requesting a final review by an independent federal mediator.

We need to continue to make strong, meaningful progress toward closing a contract prior to the upcoming March 14^th strike date. We look forward to coming back to the table on Thursday as both bargaining teams continue to do the hard work toward reaching a new contract.