Update: Session 19

Negotiations resumed on a successor contract for the INA RN collective bargaining agreement. The parties met in person with the mediator present during the INA RN seven-day strike.

The joint session began with UIC presenting their counters related to scheduling, policy, immigration status, association activity, successorship, information, and the bargaining unit negotiations team. INA presented their counter related to charge nurse differential and shift differential. The parties then returned to their caucus.

Upon return to the bargaining table, UIC's lead negotiator countered INA's wages proposals related to the charge nurse differential, wage scale, and effective date of wages. The INA bargaining team asked their questions to UIC's lead negotiator. Then the INA presented their counter related to security. The parties discussed future dates for negotiations and concluded for the day.