Dive Brief: More than 700 nurses at Tenet's St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, remain on strike after the two sides sat down to their first bargaining session since the work stoppage began March 8. The Monday meeting was futile, and another session has not yet been scheduled. The Massachusetts Nurses Association, which represents the nurses, said Tenet came to the table with a proposal that did not address the safer staffing standards nurses raised before going on strike, and ignored guidance given through a federal mediator on what was needed to reach a settlement. St. Vincent CEO Carolyn Jackson said she expects the union to bring a counterproposal to the mediator and request another meeting. "We are waiting for them to come back to continue discussions, and we will go from there," she said.