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Nurses at Indiana Regional Medical Center went out on strike at 7am this morning, and plan to remain on the picket lines for the rest of the day. On the 19th of this month, the union presented management with their final offer, and then proceeded to plan a strike. The union has demanded a 3% wage increase every year and increases to health insurance, in response tp management’s plans to decrease nurses’ take home wages. In response to the strike, hospital management has brought in replacement workers to maintain normal hospital services. The replacement workers and the costs associated with their travel and lodging is estimated to cost the hospital around $1.5 million, which management intends to deduct from their initial budget for nurses’ wages.