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Article: Washington Hospital Center and Nurses United Ratify New 3-Year Nursing Contract Affecting 1,200 RNs
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- March 30, 2004
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WASHINGTON, March 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- More than 1,200 nurses at
Washington Hospital Center, the region's largest hospital,
overwhelmingly ratified a three-year labor contract on Tuesday, March
30, successfully concluding a seamless nine-month negotiating process
with its new union -- Nurses United of the National Capital Region
("Nurses United"). The agreement will be effective Sunday, April 4.
The previous union, the District of Columbia Nurses Association
(DCNA), was decertified as the bargaining agent for nurses after an
election that took place in July 2003. Contract negotiations with
Nurses United began last September.
The contract includes a new wage scale, which provides for a 24 ...