Backus Hospital Nurses Secure New Contract that Ensures "Great Quality Care" for Region
Local, state and national union leaders laud membership vote to ratify a four-year collective bargaining agreement that resolves a months-long labor dispute.
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Comments on Backus Hospital Nurses' Call for Safety Strike if Hartford HealthCare Refuses Settlement
Backus Federation of Nurses leaders and activists made the following public remarks regarding yesterday's membership vote to authorize the action in response to health network’s unfair labor practices:
Comments on Prioritizing Patient and Caregiver Safety at Backus Hospital During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Leaders of the Backus Federation of Nurses made the following public remarks regarding their request Friday to postpone negotiations and extend their current union contract:
Nurses’ union would benefit Backus patients
Having worked at The William W. Backus Hospital as a registered nurse in surgical services for 23 years — I recently retired — I’m delighted that the nurses there are organizing a union.
Letter to the editor that appeared in both the Norwich Bulletin and the New London Day.
Nurses at Backus looking to unionize
By Judy Benson
Norwich - Organizers of an effort to unionize the largest employee group at The William W. Backus Hospital made their actions public Monday in a statement distributed to fellow hospital employees.
The statement announces that registered nurses are seeking to form a local affiliate of AFT Connecticut, the same union that represents RNs, LPNs and other staff at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London and seven other hospitals in the state. Sixteen Backus RNs signed the statement.