Almost 4K nurses authorize strike at University of Michigan

A nurses’ union announced on Monday that nurses at Michigan Medicine, the medical arm of the University of Michigan, have voted to authorize a three-day strike “to protest ongoing and continuous violations of their workplace rights.”

The union has yet to set a date for the strike, which will go ahead “if University officials fail to remedy their ongoing unfair labor practices,” the union said in a statement.

The University of Michigan Professional Nurses Council represents 5,700 nurses at U-M hospitals and other health care facilities. More than 4,000 people voted last week with 94 percent voting in favor of a strike.

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