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Nurses At Vermont Hospital Back At Work After Two-Day Strike

UVM Medical Center nurses' union announce intent to strike
Pat Bradley/WAMC

Nurses at Vermont's largest hospital are back on the job after a two-day strike.
The strike of 1,800 nurses from the University of Vermont Medical Center ended at 7 a.m. Saturday after 48 hours.
Hospital administrators brought in outside nurses during the strike and say most hospital operations were unaffected by it.
The union is seeking about a 22 percent pay increase over three years. The Medical Center offered about a 14 percent pay increase over three years.
The union maintains higher wages are necessary to recruit and retain nurses and support staff and "address a crisis of understaffing."
Medical Center president Eileen Whalen says the strike had a cost of roughly $3 million.
 

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