Worcester, Mass. nurses set March 8 strike date On February 23, the bargaining committee for the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) issued a 10-day strike notice to the management of St. Vincent Hospital. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, St. Vincent Hospital is owned and operated by Tenet Healthcare of Dallas, Texas. Tenet Healthcare is a for-profit health care conglomerate that received $3 billion from the CARES Act and posted 2020 profits of $414 million. The 800 MNA nurses who work at St. Vincent Hospital have been negotiating for a new contract since November 2019. Their central demand is that Tenet hire more nurses to improve the patient-to-nurse ratio. Negotiations re-started on Monday, March 1. Nurses will strike the hospital at 6 a.m. on Monday, March 8 if an agreement is not reached.