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Over 1,200 UMass Memorial University Campus nurses vote to authorize strike

WORCESTER — Citing months of unsuccessful contract negotiations, more than 1,200 registered nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center's University Campus in Worcester voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to authorize a 14-day strike. The final vote, a union official told the News Service Wednesday night, was 1,233 to 17. "No nurse wants to strike," said Margaret McLoughlin, co-chair of the Massachusetts Nurses Association...
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