MARQUETTE — Technicians with the Michigan Nurses Association and U.P. Health System-Marquette reached a tentative contract agreement last week after months of bargaining. The agreement with Marquette Ancillary Staff and Technologists and the hospital is not approved until the it’s voted on, which will happen in the near future.

“Our team fought hard to make significant progress on wages and health insurance to help not only attract new staff but, just as important, also keep the techs who currently work here,” said Josh Bowman, a medical laboratory scientist at the hospital, president of MAST and an MNA board member in a Thursday press release. “We want our hospital to be the best environment possible for workers as well as patients. The support from our community and our MNA nurse collea

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