Show T. W r ft Duchesne County nurses nurl win hospital wage dispute Tentative verbal agreement has hat been reached between 11 nurses at the Duchesne County Canty hospital and the hospital board of rI directors that will avert evert amass a amass mass inISS resignation of the to nurses October 25 THE TilE NURSES submitted resignations last week effective ef festive October 25 after they failed tailed to come to an agreement over wage and working waking conditions con con- conditions at the hospital According to a spokesman for tor forthe forthe the nurses the board of directors has agreed to give the nurses runes and other hospital staff members including nurses aides a 12 percent salary Increase Increase Increase In In- crease starting the next pay period THE TilE BOARD also has reportedly agreed to negotiate with a committee established by the nurses on working conditions and fringe benefits atthe atthe at atthe the hospital One board member said I dont don't see how a hike In service charges at the hospital can be avoided Another stated concern of af members of cl the board of cl directors was the effect ef feet such a large salary Increase increase increase in In- crease would have on other hospitals in rural Utah particularly the one in Vernal NURSES IN a meeting Thursday unanimously voted to accept the 12 percent increase and negotiate other d demands mands if the board directors of cl would set seta a January 1 date for completion of the negotiations The nurses would then withdraw their resignations Malar Mator l J la nurses leading to the reel resignations were low wages as much as 40 percent below those these paid nurses in the to Salt Lake area inadequate pay scales for nurses aides too few nurses to handle patient care properly and a lack of strong supervisory system for lor training and I dispersing work BOARD bOAR MEMBERS have promised to examine the 1 problems cited by the nurses and seek to remedy the problems |