Nurses at two HCA hospitals in Central Florida approve new union contract
Oct 21, 2024
After a contentious round of union contract negotiations, registered nurses at two HCA hospitals in Central Florida — HCA Lake Monroe in Sanford and HCA Osceola Hospital in Kissimmee — have voted to approve new contracts negotiated between their union and their multibillion-dollar employer, HCA Healthcare. According to the union, National Nurses United, the new three-year collective bargaining agreements deliver an average 15 percent wage increase for registered nurses — the largest guaranteed wage increase ever secured for nurses at both facilities, over the life of the contract — plus improvements to nurses’ “floating” policy and the option of adding personal pronouns and preferred names to name badges.