Union Nurses at EMMC Approve New Contract

WABI, May 4, 2011 Bangor - Union nurses at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, have voted on a new agreement with the hospital. Tuesday night, union officials notified hospital administrators that they had endorsed the one-year contract put forth at last week's bargaining session. EMMC's Board of Trustees will take a look at the agreement Wednesday. We're told the hospital's bargaining team will make a recommendation for approval. Union nurses have been working without a contract since September. ... Union