A nursing strike scheduled for today at Tufts Medical Center in Boston has been averted after nurses reached an agreement with the hospital over the nurses' contracts, according to a Boston Globe report.
The 18-month contract extension includes a two percent salary increase but does not resolve issues the nurses had over staffing levels at the hospitals by setting mandatory staffing levels. However, it does include a provision that the hospital will not increase the nurse-to-patient staffing level during the 18 months. The hospital had sought to increase the levels in order to cut costs, but the nurses objected.
The nurses, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, are scheduled to ratify the agreement on May 19.
Read the Boston Globe report on Tufts Medical Center.
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The 18-month contract extension includes a two percent salary increase but does not resolve issues the nurses had over staffing levels at the hospitals by setting mandatory staffing levels. However, it does include a provision that the hospital will not increase the nurse-to-patient staffing level during the 18 months. The hospital had sought to increase the levels in order to cut costs, but the nurses objected.
The nurses, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, are scheduled to ratify the agreement on May 19.
Read the Boston Globe report on Tufts Medical Center.
Read related articles on Tufts Medical Center:
Nurses Near Agreement With Tufts, May Avert Strike
Tufts' Nurses Plan Strike for May 6
Nurses at Tufts Medical Center Scheduled to Vote on Strike