Now is the time to prepare for our next steps! The AURN Bargaining team and management met for mediation on Tuesday, July 11 and will meet again on July 19 & 26. The effect of the informational picket has been noticeable, management is continuing to bring us proposals on all items they owe to our team. Management is currently working on a new economic package we hope they will bring at one of our mediation sessions in the next two weeks for all members to consider. The teams exchanged many proposals, but no tentative agreements were reached on our highest bargaining priorities. We were dismayed to learn they continue to refuse our proposal around pandemic preparedness. Being unprepared for COVID-19 and refusing to learn from their mistakes is unacceptable. Also, we were particularly disappointed to learn that they still don't understand that we need better security for the Emergency Department and that asking our nurses to wand and pat down patients for weapons is unacceptable. Even if management isn't making major moves to reach an agreement, our AURN leaders and activists are preparing for next steps! You will see CAT members visiting all units with the updates below. 

All AURN Nurses must update their information! 
The most important next step in our campaign is to make sure every AURN nurse is receiving ONA emails and opt into text messages/emails to make sure you will be able to vote in our upcoming actions and next steps. It's critically important that we fix that right away. To win a strong contract, we need to be able to take actions quickly when needed. We especially need folks to opt-in to texting, so everyone can vote via text. Go here ASAP!