A Washington county court has granted Port Angeles, Wash.-based Olympic Medical Center a 14-day injunction to stop a union strike scheduled for Aug. 11, according to a Peninsula Daily News report.
The report said the planned 18-hour strike would have cost the hospital district roughly $600,000 to fly in 150 replacement workers and to have them work that 18-hour shift. The hospital did, however, pay a $90,000 nonrefundable fee to secure temporary workers in case the strike went through.
The union represents 205 nurses, 120 service workers and 38 dietary workers, or roughly 42 percent of OMC's employees, according to the report. Negotiations will continue between union workers and the hospital administration, with healthcare benefits as one of the main sticking points.
Read the Peninsula Daily News report on Olympic Medical Center.
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The report said the planned 18-hour strike would have cost the hospital district roughly $600,000 to fly in 150 replacement workers and to have them work that 18-hour shift. The hospital did, however, pay a $90,000 nonrefundable fee to secure temporary workers in case the strike went through.
The union represents 205 nurses, 120 service workers and 38 dietary workers, or roughly 42 percent of OMC's employees, according to the report. Negotiations will continue between union workers and the hospital administration, with healthcare benefits as one of the main sticking points.
Read the Peninsula Daily News report on Olympic Medical Center.
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