密歇根新闻广播 密歇根大学的护士们投票同意其工会停工三天

Nurses at the University of Michigan hospital have voted to authorize¹ their union to call a three-day work stoppage if the university does not respond to claims of unfair labor² practices. Ninety-four percent of the votes were in favor of the authorization³.

The Michigan Professional Nurses Council filed a lawsuit⁴ with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission.

The lawsuit accuses the university of unfair labor practices including:

Failing to bargain in good faith.

Discriminating⁵ against union members who are engaged in legally protected speech in support of their right to collective bargaining.

Making changes in work shifts without notifying or negotiating with the union.

No date for a work stoppage has been set, but the nurses' council says they will give the hospital 10 days advance notice.

"We want to send a message to the employer that we are ready and willing to sit down and really bargain anytime," registered nurse Katie Oppenheim told Stateside. Oppenheim is chair of the University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council.

The university says a work stoppage could put patient safety at risk. Mary Masson, the Director of Public Relations at Michigan Medicine, provided Michigan Radio with a statement that reads, in part:

Nurses are critical to the delivery of safe patient care. The most critically ill patients in the state come to Michigan Medicine. A strike could put patient safety at serious risk.

The UMPNC must give us an official 10-day notice of a strike and we still hope to avoid any work stoppages. Since UMPNC announced it was seeking the vote, Michigan Medicine leaders have been developing a comprehensive continuity of operations plan in place in the event of a strike. This will include hiring and training temporary nurses to replace absent employees, deferring⁶ and rescheduling select procedures and making staff scheduling adjustments as needed. Michigan Medicine remains⁷ committed to patient safety duringany union activity, and will do everything possible to maintain the highest quality of care during a strike.

Because it is illegal for public employees to strike, Michigan Medicine will take legal action to avoid a strike.

1 authorize   

v.授权，委任；批准，认可

参考例句：

• He said that he needed to get his supervisor to authorize my refund.他说必须让主管人员批准我的退款。
• Only the President could authorize the use of the atomic bomb.只有总统才能授权使用原子弹。

2 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

3 authorization   

n.授权，委任状

参考例句：

• Anglers are required to obtain prior authorization from the park keeper.垂钓者必须事先得到公园管理者的许可。
• You cannot take a day off without authorization.未经批准你不得休假。

4 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

5 discriminating   

a.有辨别能力的

参考例句：

• Due caution should be exercised in discriminating between the two. 在区别这两者时应该相当谨慎。
• Many businesses are accused of discriminating against women. 许多企业被控有歧视妇女的做法。

6 deferring   

v.拖延，延缓，推迟( defer的现在分词 )；服从某人的意愿，遵从

参考例句：

• Recently, the Supreme Court has focused on an additional reason for deferring to administrative agencies. 最近，最高法院强调了尊重行政机构的另一种理由。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Think of it as deferring part of the compiler's job to runtime. 可以认为这是将编译器的部分工作延迟到了运行时。 来自互联网

7 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。