Nurses Vote to Authorize Strike at Boston Medical Center Brighton After Threats to Staffing, Benefits

Nurses vote to authorize strike at Boston Medical Center Brighton after threats to staffing, benefits

Unionized nurses at Boston Medical Center Brighton voted to authorize a three-day strike in response to contract negotiations they say threaten key staffing and benefits at the hospital. “We have made it clear to BMC management that our members cannot and will not accept any contract that includes a reduction in our current staffing levels or the loss of our benefits, which are key to our ability to retain and recruit the staff we need to meet t…

Boston Medical Center Brighton Nurses Vote to Authorize 3-Day Strike as BMC Seeks to Gut Nurses Benefits and RN Staffing Levels, Undermining the Facility’s Ability to Recruit and Retain Staff to Ensure Safe Patient Care - Massachusetts Nurses Association

The effort to cut nurses’ compensation comes after BMC received hundreds of millions from the Commonwealth to operate the hospital, formerly owned by Steward Healthcare, and after healthcare workers stuck with the facility to ensure its survival to protect the community it serves. BOSTON, MA — Registered nurses at Boston Medical Center (BMC) Brighton (formerly St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center), represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association (…