Vol.64/No.15      April 17, 2000 
 
 
Nurses walk out in Massachusetts  
 
 

Militant/Sarah Ullman

On March 31 more than 500 nurses, members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, struck St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts. They voted 2-1 in favor of this action after contract talks collapsed. "They need to hire staff," said one nurse on the picket line, explaining that the key issue is mandatory overtime. The Tenet Corporation, which bought the hospital from the Catholic Church three years ago, has reduced staff through attrition. Pickets report that around 30 nurses have crossed the line.

 
 
 
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