Registered nurses at Saint Louis University Hospital (SLUH) have won their first ever collective bargaining agreement with a new three-year contract that provides for significant improvements in patient care protections, compensation and job protections, according to National Nurses Organizing Committee-Missouri (NNOC-Missouri) .
NNOC-Missouri, an affiliate of the 185,000-member National Nurses United (NNU), the largest organization of RNs in the U.S., represents some 600 RNs at SLUH. SLUH is now the only St. Louis hospital where RNs have a union contract. Nurses at Des Peres, who like SLUH RNs also voted to join NNOC-Missouri last June, are presently negotiating with that hospital on a first contract as well.