Nurses protest UVM Medical Center’s budget hearing
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
August 24, 2018
In the midst of ongoing contract negotiations between the UVM Medical Center and its nurses’ union, a hearing to confirm the medical center’s annual budget continued “business as usual” despite pleas from nurses. The union of just over 1,800 members called on the Green Mountain Care Board —...
Nurses’ Union leadership ask lead negotiator to resign
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
August 24, 2018
The lead negotiator for the UVM Medical Center nurses’ union has resigned after 8 months in the role. The negotiator, Julie MacMillan, announced her decision to resign on Facebook after several members of the union leadership team asked her to resign, according to the post. MacMillan, who is a n...
Nurses to picket UVMMC budget hearing
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
August 21, 2018
The Green Mountain Care Board will continue to approve the University of Vermont Medical Center’s annual budget as the UVMMC Nurses stage protest. The nurse’s union called on the board last week to delay approving the budget until a new contract could be ratified between nurses and the medical ...
Burlington City Council to decide fate of mural
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
August 14, 2018
The Burlington City Council has promised action following the approval of a report that called for the removal of a mural on Leahy Way by August 29, 2022. The report from the Mural Task Force recommends the "Everyone Loves a Parade" mural be removed and put up somewhere else inside Burlington among oth...
UVM students targeted in housing scam
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
July 20, 2018
UVM students and the greater Burlington area have been targeted in a string of recent rental scams. UVM Police posted an alert about the scam on their Facebook page Wednesday July 17 to UVM students and the community. Scammers have copied real property ads and replaced contact information in attempts...
Marijuana remains illegal on campus despite statewide legalization
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
July 18, 2018
Dennis, a pseudonym, describes himself as a “low-level” marijuana dealer on campus. A fan of marijuana, Dennis looks forward to legalization, but personally he doesn’t touch it after a bad experience with an edible, he said. At dinner, right before winter break, Dennis was hit with extreme anxiety...
UVM Medical Center nurses announce plans to strike
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
June 30, 2018
The UVM Medical Center nurses will issue a strike notice to the UVM Medical Center Monday morning. After a week of negotiations, the bargaining committee has voted to issue a strike notice, according to a June 30 Facebook post made by Stephanie Lusk, a member of the nurses’ bargain...
Nurses vote to strike
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
June 13, 2018
University of Vermont Medical Center nurses have voted in favor of a potential two day strike. The approval was announced at a June 13 press conference lead by negotiator Julie MacMillan. MacMillan represents the 1,800 member union, the Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, in t...
Deal reached between United Academics and UVM
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
June 3, 2018
After 15 months of negotiations, UVM and faculty union United Academics announced that they have reached an agreement on new contracts. UA announced in a May 29 press release that the contract agreement had been approved by the union. The announcement came three weeks after both the University and...
No deal between nurses and UVM Medical Center
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
June 3, 2018
After months of negotiations, lead negotiator Julie McMillan of the UVM Medical Center nurses’ union announced they had not yet reached a deal with UVM Medical Center. The announcement came at a June 1 community meeting outside the Medical Center that followed the last session of scheduled negotia...
Faculty union and University reach tentative agreement over contracts
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
May 22, 2018
After nearly a year of negotiations, UVM has announced it reached a tentative agreement on new contracts with the faculty union United Academics. UA has been in negotiations with the University since June 2017, according to an October 2017 Cynic article. It represents roughly 850 full-time and pa...
UVM nurses rally to improve work conditions
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
May 22, 2018
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders joined with UVM Medical Center Nurses May 12 to work toward improving staffing and work conditions at UVM Medical Center. The Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals and UVM Medical Center Nurses marched from UVM Medical Center to the site of the new Medical ...
