The St. Vincent Hospital Nurses strike is officially the second longest nurses strike in Massachusetts’ history and the longest nationally in more than a decade. The main issue between nurses and Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare (who owns St. Vincent) continues to be nurse-to-patient ratio.
On May 27th, the company said in a news release that it had made four proposals to the union at that point. Also, on May 27th, a group of federal lawmakers denounced St. Vincent’s attempt to permanently replace the striking nurses.
In Kansas City, workers at Research Medical Center voted to remove the Service Employees International Union as their bargaining representative. Research Medical Center is a branch of HCA Healthcare.
