Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement for a New Contract at McLaren Flint
FLINT – Nurses who are members of AFSCME Local 875 announced today that we have reached a tentative agreement with McLaren Flint management for a new union contract.
“Throughout our negotiations with McLaren, nurses stayed strong and united to win a fair contract that puts our patients first,” said Kelly Indish, RN and president of Local 875. “The tentative agreement is a significant step forward for members of this union, and more importantly, the patients we fight for every single day. It will make sure we can recruit and retain the safe staffing levels our patients deserve because it includes many of the proposals we bargained for.”
Highlights of the tentative agreement:
- Adding lead RNs
- Establishing a new safety committee made up of union members and management representatives
- Creating an additional health insurance option for McLaren Flint nurses
Bargaining started in January for a new contract between union nurses and management at McLaren Flint. During negotiations, the nurses of Local 875 took collective action shoulder-to-shoulder with our neighbors in the community and our friends in the Flint labor movement. Local 875 said that solidarity is the reason for this success.
“We showed everyone what a strong union can achieve when we stand together for the people we’re here to serve,” President Indish explained. “Members of Local 875 will soon be voting on this agreement. We couldn’t have reached this point without the support we got from thousands of our neighbors and workers from other unions, and we can’t thank them enough.”
More than 850 nurses who are members of AFSCME Local 875 will vote on whether to ratify the agreement. The union’s elected bargaining team is recommending that nurses vote “Yes” to ratify the agreement at McLaren Flint.