BANGOR – After two days of voting, members of the nurses union at Eastern Maine Medical Center have ratified a new three-year contract, bringing several rounds of intense negotiating to an end and averting a strike. The ratification vote took place on Friday and Saturday… Read More
BANGOR – Negotiators for the nurses union at Eastern Maine Medical Center on Tuesday withdrew the formal 10-day notice of their intention to strike that was issued Monday. But as the day closed on an emergency bargaining session and last-ditch effort to avert the nursing strike, negotiators from… Read More
BANGOR-The nursing union at Eastern Maine Medical Center rejected the hospital negotiating team’s final contract offer Sunday afternoon and announced its intention to call a one-day strike. The official strike notice is expected this morning, both sides said Sunday night. By law, the union must give the hospital… Read More
BANGOR – Officials from Eastern Maine Medical Center cut the ribbon Wednesday on a new 12-bed intensive care unit, bringing to 44 the total number of critical care beds at the hospital. The new unit is located on the hospital’s first floor, not far from… Read More
BANGOR – Union leaders held a rally Tuesday afternoon outside Eastern Maine Medical Center to draw attention to anticipated federal rulings that they claim could adversely affect workers’ rights and patient care across the country. Decisions that the National Labor Relations Board likely will make… Read More
BANGOR – Health care in northern Maine turned a corner Thursday with the first meeting of the new members of the Eastern Maine Healthcare System since the corporation revised its bylaws and governance structure last November. More than 100 people, including a majority of the… Read More
The initial slate of 138 corporate members of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems voted themselves into service at the corporation’s first annual meeting Thursday. EMHS officials say it has proven harder than expected to find the full 200 qualified members they need to be the “eyes and ears” of… Read More