California: UC, nurses reach agreement

Inside Higher Ed:

After many months of negotiation and, more recently, mediation, the University of California has reached a tentative agreement with the union that represents its 8,500 nurses. The university said the agreement would increase pay for the nurses, who work in its hospitals and student health facilities, by 5 to 9 percent, keep the nurses as university employees for health benefit purposes, and sustain health benefits for retirees at least through next June, when the university’s comprehensive contract with the nurses is set to expir

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