UVM Medical Center nurses authorize two-day strike

Julie MacMillan, a registered nurse at UVM Medical Center and the nurses’ union’s lead negotiator, speaks Wednesday at a press conference outside the hospital. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
BURLINGTON — University of Vermont Medical Center nurses have authorized a two-day strike, but they’re not prepared to walk off the job just yet.
Instead, members of the Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals say the overwhelming strike vote — with 94 percent of the