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​UPHS Marquette NURSES Are Fighting for Safe Staffing


Since we began speaking out publicly about conditions at UPHS Marquette, MNA/UPHS Marquette RNs have been featured prominently in our local media. Here are some links to press clips of our fight with Duke LifePoint for safer patient care:

Television Coverage

TV6/FOXUP: ​Nurses' two day strike authorization vote begins Nurses' two day strike authorization vote begins

TV6/FOXUP: ​Potential Safe Patient Care Act impacts local nurse union

TV6/FOXUP: ​Nurses hand out posters to ​downtown Marquette businesses

TV6/FOXUP: LIVE: Nurses Meet Blocked ​Doors after 48 Hours Strike

TV6/FOXUP: ​U.P. Health System Strike, 2017: Day 2  

TV6/FOXUP: U.P. Health System Strike, 2017: Day 1

TV6/FOXUP: ​Construction worker's picket participation slowing down new hospital work

TV6/FOXUP: ​UPDATE: Striking nurses issue new statement

UPDATE: Nurses, hospital official talk about strike

ABC10/CW5: ​Restaurant delivers pizza to striking nurses

TV6/FOXUP: ​Nurses still set to strike Thursday in Marquette

TV6/FOXUP: ​UPHS-Marquette nurses strike begins at 7 a.m.​

TV6/FOXUP: ​Nurses make signs for intended strike

ABC10/CW5: ​UPHS nurses talk decision to strike

ABC10/CW5: Company looking ​for nurses to fill in during strike

TV6/FOXUP: UPHS Marquette plan for nurses intended strike dates

TV6/FOXUP: Hospital and nurse negotiation continues after strike authorization vote

ABC10/CW5: ​Nurses, hospital reflect on strike vote by nurses union

TV6/FOXUP: In report, nurses detail shortcomings in patient care

ABC10/CW5: Nurses turn in report to DHHS; will vote on strike next week

TV6/FOXUP: UPHS-Marquette nurses deliver patient safety report to MDHHS

ABC10/CW5: Nurses say they’re understaffed; hospital responds to rally

TV6/FOXUP: Nurses protest staffing policies at UP Health System - Marquette

ABC10/CW5: Nurses speak out regarding petition

TV6/FOXUP: ​UPHS - Marquette nurses urging management to look at safe staffing proposals

WJMN Local 3: UPHS Marquette responds to Marquette nurses vote for second strike

TV6/FOXUP: UPHS Marquette RN Staff Council/MNA releases new statement

ABC10/CW5: ​New statement from UPHS — Marquette RN Staff Council

ABC10/CW5: As strike ends, UPHS still using replacement nurses

WJMN Local 3: U.P. veteran shows support during nurses strike

TV6/FOXUP: ​Marquette teachers union members join striking nurses union

WJMN Local 3: Nurses union continues strike on unsafe staffing levels at UPHS

TV6/FOXUP: ​Nurse’s strike reaches scheduled halfway point

WJMN Local 3: Nurses union strikes against UPHS-Marquette

WJMN Local 3: Nurses, others prepare for strike

WJMN Local 3: Nurses Strike Date Set

WJMN Local 3: Nurses to ask for investigation of UPHS-Marquette​

WJMN Local 3: ​Nurses Union delivers 3,700 petitions to UPHS - Marquette, hospital responds

WJMN Local 3: ​UPHS-Marquette issues response to RNs

Print & Internet Coverage

Iron Mountain Daily News: Marquette nurses authorize strike

The Mining Journal: Authorization vote: Support for RN strike at UPHS-M said to be ‘overwhelming'

WNMU-FM: Marquette nurses vote to authorize strike

The Mining Journal: Nurses close 48-hour strike

MLive: Negotiations that led to Marquette nurses strike 'felt different right from day one'

MLive: Nurses strike at U.P.'s largest hospital, slamming 16-hour shifts

Crain's Detroit: Marquette nurses prepare to strike Thursday if negotiations fail

The Mining Journal: LTE - Nurses deserve community’s support

Becker's Hospital Review: UPHS-Marquette nurses plan October strike

WNMU-FM: UPHS Marquette nurses set strike dates

The Mining Journal: UPHS-MARQUETTE:  Nurses set strike date

Becker's Hospital Review: Union nurses call for patient safety investigation at UPHS-Marquette amid contract negotiations

The Mining Journal: UPHS-Marquette nurses filing report with state

WNMU-FM: UPHS Nurses file complaint with Dept. of Health and Human Services

The Mining Journal: Nurses union to present petitions on staffing​

The Daily Mining Gazette: Nurses rally in Marquette

WNMU-FM: Marquette nurses say UPHS needs to ensure better patient care

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