Nurses across the country voice their support for striking Saint Vincent nurses in Worcester, MA
For the nurses of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, Monday, June 28 marks the beginning of their 17th week on strike, 112 days since they walked out in demand of safer staffing ratios.
Roughly 700 nurses, the vast majority Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) bargaining unit remain on the picket line in the most significant healthcare workers struggle in the United States.
On Sunday, hospital management Tenet Healthcare released its latest proposal, following two others since the strike began and summoning the nurses’ bargaining committee to present a counterproposal early this week. The proposal on the table includes the same staffing rubrics as the previous contract which expired in November 2019, as well as provisions that would free up resource nurses to assist other nurses when called upon. However, it reneges on a previous agreement on the elimination of fle
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A large hospital system’s decision to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for its 48,000 workers in New York state could forge a path for other employers to potentially require the shots.
Indeed, experts anticipate the NewYork-Presbyterian hospital network’s move last week to require employee vaccinations could trigger a wave of similar mandates within the state’s health care system and beyond.
“I do expect other hospitals will follow suit and frankly other private businesses will do the same thing,” said Patricia Kuszler, a University of Washington professor specializing in public health law.
“Will they face pushback? Of course they will. It just depends on how much they feel their business will be at risk of outbreaks if employees are not vaccinated,” she added.
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