A member of UAW Local 95 holds a sign that says “Check the headlines we need security,” outside Mercyhealth East Clinic in Janesville, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, during a rally marking 100 days since clinic workers walked off the job.
JANESVILLE — A four-month-long strike by more than 130 union workers at Janesville’s Mercyhealth East clinic is over.
A member of UAW Local 95 holds a sign that says “Check the headlines we need security,” outside Mercyhealth East Clinic in Janesville, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, during a rally marking 100 days since clinic workers walked off the job.
UAW Local 95 and Mercyhealth have reached a tentative contract agreement, the union announced Monday evening.
The agreement brings to a close the walkout that began July 2, with striking workers immediately returning to their roles as nurses, medical assistants, X-ray technicians and maintenance staff.
The union had cited as key issues in the strike rising healthcare costs, inadequate wages, and a lack of security measures for employees, particularly those working evening hours. The standoff drew support in recent months from state legislators and labor leaders who stood in solidarity with the UAW members.
Specific terms of the new contract were not immediately released.
However, signaling that the union may not have gotten everything it sought, Sandy Welch, UAW Local 95 vice president, in a statement called the deal “not the best outcome” and said workers’ “insurance (costs) would be doubled.”
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