Brigham and Women’s Hospital nurses in Boston reached a tentative contract agreement late Wednesday night to avert a historic strike that was scheduled to begin Thursday morning.
More than 4,000 nurses were set to walk off the job in what would have been the largest open-ended nurses strike in state history. The hospital and the nurses union were battling over wages, healthcare benefits and how to address staffing shortages.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association said the tentative contract agreement with Mass General Brigham addresses the nurses’ central priorities…