Post by Logan on Jun 26, 2016 6:16:13 GMT -6
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the union representing 3,300 of its nurses said they reached tentative agreement on a new contract, averting what would have been the largest nurses strike in state history.
The compromise came early Sunday morning after 15 hours of negotiations, ending a long and bitter bargaining process between the Massachusetts Nurses Association and one of the city’s biggest teaching hospitals.
Brigham, which had been canceling appointments and transferring patients to prepare for the threatened strike, said operations would soon return to normal. The one-day job action was scheduled to begin Monday morning, but Brigham officials had promised to lock out the union nurses for an additional four days while using temporary replacements.
“We’re very relieved,” said Kelly Morgan, a nurse and member of the bargaining committee. “We’re feeling very satisfied with the agreement we reached. It benefits our patients tremendously. It benefits our nurses tremendously. It was a long, hard-fought battle and we are so happy with it.”
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/06/25/brigham-and-women-nurses-reach-deal-avert-strike/WEvEzRmdZdVZ5wMwtDbJLJ/story.html
The compromise came early Sunday morning after 15 hours of negotiations, ending a long and bitter bargaining process between the Massachusetts Nurses Association and one of the city’s biggest teaching hospitals.
Brigham, which had been canceling appointments and transferring patients to prepare for the threatened strike, said operations would soon return to normal. The one-day job action was scheduled to begin Monday morning, but Brigham officials had promised to lock out the union nurses for an additional four days while using temporary replacements.
“We’re very relieved,” said Kelly Morgan, a nurse and member of the bargaining committee. “We’re feeling very satisfied with the agreement we reached. It benefits our patients tremendously. It benefits our nurses tremendously. It was a long, hard-fought battle and we are so happy with it.”
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/06/25/brigham-and-women-nurses-reach-deal-avert-strike/WEvEzRmdZdVZ5wMwtDbJLJ/story.html