The largest nurses strike and work stoppage in Massachusetts history is set to conclude Monday morning after days of picketing outside Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
According to a Massachusetts Nurses Association statement, nurses will gather before 6:59 a.m. Monday for a brief rally before dropping their picket signs and walking to the hospital’s main entrance. “Nurses scheduled to work will return inside to care for patients, while other nurses and supporters will remain outside in solidarity,” the union said.
Lockout after one-day strike
The picketing continued Sunday outside the hospital, days after a lockout extended the initial one-day strike.
“It’s absolutely overwhelming,” nurse Kristen Robishaw said of the turnout through the weekend. “I know I speak for everybody — nobody has ever been prouder to be a nurse than they are this week,” she added…