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Building Trades Council St Vincent strike boycott nurses picketers

Building Trades Council St Vincent strike boycott nurses picketers

WORCESTER Members of the Massachusetts Building Trades Council marched in support of striking St. Vincent Hospital nurses Wednesday afternoon, with union leadership encouraging members to boycott the hospital until the strike is resolved.  “Due to St. Vincent and (hospital owner) Tenet Health’s uncompromising stance against their nurses arguing for patient safety we cannot in good conscience send our members and their families there for medical care,” MBTC President Francis X. Callahan wrote in a letter to St. Vincent CEO Carolyn Jackson. “Until you resolve your contract negotiations with the Massachusetts Nurses Association (nurses’ union) in a manner that addresses the issue of patient safety to the nurses’ satisfaction, we will encourage our members to seek their healthcare needs elsewhere.”

St Vincent Hospital nurses Tenet bargaining negotiations labor strike disputes union Worcester MNA

If we re making some headway, we will go around the clock, he said. Rhiana Sherwood, a spokesperson for the hospital, said there s no time frame for the session and she wasn t aware of what Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, which owns St. Vincent, might offer. The bottom line is there s always hope, Sherwood said. St. Vincent CEO Carolyn Jackson said recently that Tenet has been ready to resume negotiations since April 7 in an effort to end the strike, which sent about 600 of the facility s 800 nurses to the picket line. Since the strike started on March 8, replacement nurses have been assisting the nurses who crossed the picket line with patient care.

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