Did Chino Valley nurses make gains in their new contract? by Lori King
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On December 12 Chino Valley Medical Center nurses ratified their first union contract. Prior to the ratification, the hospital and nurses suffered through several months of contentious negotiations – requiring mediation, an informational picket in August, and a 3-day strike in October. In reports, the strike was due to the Nurses asking for a 3% pay raise and the employer offering 2.5%. Nurses said the hospital’s offer was not enough to address high turnover rates due to low market pay.
A thirty-thousand foot view of this situation prompts some key questions. What did nurses really gain in bringing a union to represent them? What could the hospital have done differently to avoid this situation?
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