Nurses at McLaren Lapeer Region Hospital have unanimously voted in favor of authorizing their bargaining team to call for a strike if deemed necessary.
Over the past few days, the nurses held a strike authorization vote, with 100% of the voting nurses choosing to grant their bargaining team the power to initiate a strike. The move follows growing concerns among nurses regarding patient safety and the impact of corporate greed on healthcare.
Carie Babcock, RN, president of the Michigan Nurses Association (MNA) says, “Nurses are rising up because we are tired of watching our patients’ lives be jeopardized due to corporate greed. We are the frontlines. We will do whatever it takes to win a contract that will protect our patients.”
While hospital executives have often cited a nursing shortage, publicly available data from government agencies reveals that there are over 50,000 registered nurses with active Michigan licenses who are presently not working in nursing roles.
Reporting for WGRT – Choze Powell
