Overview
- More than 4,000 Brigham and Women's nurses staged a one-day strike last week and were kept off the job when Mass General Brigham hired about 1,300 temporary nurses on multi-day contracts that the hospital said it must honor through Monday.
- Mass General Brigham sent a cease-and-desist letter citing 'significant noise' from continuous picketing and mailed apology letters to neighbors for disruption around the hospital.
- Governor Maura Healey visited the picket line and urged a rapid settlement, but union leaders say there has been no new bargaining breakthrough and they remain ready to negotiate.
- The Massachusetts Nurses Association scheduled a Brigham Nurse Solidarity Walk-In at 6:59 a.m. Monday to return scheduled nurses to work, and MGB Home Care clinicians plan a final strike rally on Tuesday to close their week-long action.
- Core contract disputes focus on wages, rising employee insurance costs, and reported changes to pay rules that affect overtime, and state Department of Public Health surveyors are expected to monitor the handoff between agency nurses and returning staff.