St. Vincent nurses starved of strike pay by Massachusetts Nurses Association
Demand immediate $750 a week strike pay! Expand the strike for safe staffing ratios!
April 8 marked one month that 700 nurses have been on strike at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts. The main demand of the nurses is the implementation of safe staffing ratios at the hospital an urgent necessity to protect the health and lives of nurses and patients alike.
The need for safe staffing ratios has been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to an increased influx of seriously ill patients and placed tremendous strain on nurses and other health care workers at St. Vincent.
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Nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts are in their fifth week of their open-ended strike. The 700 nurses, members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), are fighting for safe staffing ratios at the hospital in the face of vicious attacks on their conditions by the owner of St. Vincent, multibillion-dollar Tenet Healthcare.
The nurses’ strike is one of the largest workers struggles currently taking place in the US, alongside the strike of mine workers at Warrior Met Coal in Alabama and the Columbia University graduate students strike in New York City. However, the unions in these struggles the MNA at St. Vincent, the United Mine Workers at Warrior Met Coal, the United Auto Workers at Columbia have worked to isolate their memberships from workers facing the same fight in defense of jobs and working conditions, and against deplorable working c
Vowing to be “here as long as you are,” U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern rallied with nurses on strike at St. Vincent Hospital on Friday afternoon.