Baystate Franklin Medical Center October 2012 nurse strike
After more than two years and 42 negotiation sessions, 200 nurses at Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Massachusetts have been unable to reach an agreement on a new contract. On Wednesday, the hospital declared that negotiations in its 28-month labor dispute were at an impasse and that it planned to implement its contract proposal without agreement from the nurses. The Massachusetts Nurses Association, which represents 200 nurses at the facility, characterized the declaration as an outrage and illegal and announced it planned to file additional complaints with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). A similar 2012 attempt by Baystate Health to declare an impasse in a labor dispute at another Massachusetts facility resulted in the NLRB forcing it to rescind the declaration and continue negotiations.
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