For the first time in its history, the Kansas University Nurses' Association, a union representing nurses at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, have rejected a contract proposal, according to a KCTV5 report.
Union members rejected the contract over cuts to premium pay for night and weekend shifts as well as cuts to tuition reimbursement and paid time off, according to the report. The contract did include a 2 percent pay raise.
"Hospital leadership has pledged to do everything to maintain the high level of patient care and to avoid the layoffs other hospitals locally and nationally have gone through in the last several months," the hospital wrote in a statement to KCTV5.
The nurses are unable to strike due to Kansas Public Sector Laws, according to the report. There was no word on future negotiation dates.
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