BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A wage dispute at the University of Vermont Medical Center has come to a close as the union has indicated it will not be striking.

In a press release on their social media late Wednesday night, the Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals announced they will not be striking.

In the statement, they say they withdrew the strike notice under the conditions that the University of Vermont Medical Center agree to a 23% wage increase over the next three years with an additional step added to the top of the step scale for every year of the contract.

That is an increase from the hospital’s original offer of 20% but it is substantially less than the 31% increase the nurses initially asked for.

The union says this is the largest increase nurses at UVMMC have seen in the 21-year history of the union and the first time steps have been added to the top of the scale since the union was formed. The union says they have one more bargaining session scheduled for Monday to iron out the remaining details before the membership will vote to ratify the contract.