Overview
- The Massachusetts Nurses Association withdrew its strike notice on Saturday so roughly 4,000 Brigham and Women’s Hospital nurses can vote on Mass General Brigham’s ‘best and final’ contract proposal.
- The hospital’s offer would run through Sept. 30, 2028 and guarantees base salary increases for both years while adding targeted top‑step raises rather than a universal cost‑of‑living boost.
- The union says the proposal fails to deliver the across‑the‑board COLA its members sought and points to concessions nurses have already made on wage structure and temporary‑staff limits.
- If nurses reject the deal and the union moves to strike, labor rules require a new 10‑day strike notice; the sides have a recent history of a one‑day July strike followed by a four‑day lockout.
- Mass General Brigham has contingency plans to hire 1,600–2,000 temporary nurses to keep the hospital open, and the union has filed unfair labor practice claims and a complaint with the state attorney general over governance issues.