Wage Agreement Elevates USVI Nurse Salaries to $86K-$118K, Matching U.S. Averages

A Friday press release from Government House informed the public that a tentative wage agreement had been reached with the union that represents registered nurses at the Department of Health and local hospitals.  Members of the Registered Nurses Leadership Union are employed as assistant head nurses, head nurses, manager administrative care coordinators and clinical care coordinators at Schneider Regional Medical Center, the Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center, and the Department of Health.  “Signing this tentative wage agreement underscores our commitment to the healthcare professionals who are the backbone of our medical institutions,” Governor Albert Bryan Jr. said in the statement announcing the agreement. “This agreement is a testament to our dedication to improving healthcare services for all residents of the Virgin Islands.”  The union’s last collective bargaining agreement covered the fiscal years 2016 through 2020. In the tentative wage agreement, reached four years af...