波士顿 Brigham and Women's Hospital 与约4,000名护士达成临时协议：原定11月12日开始的无限期罢工取消
位于马萨诸塞州波士顿市的 Brigham and Women's Hospital（布里格姆妇女医院）与代表约4,000名护士的马萨诸塞州护士协会（MNA）11月11日晚达成临时合同协议，原定11月12日上午7时开始的无限期罢工就此取消。这场罢工此前被称为马萨诸塞州史上规模最大的护士无限期罢工，协议在停工开始前几个小时谈成，仍须经护士会员表决批准，表决日期尚未公布。
按护士协会公布的协议要点，新合同期限到2028年9月30日：医院将新设20个机动护士岗位，以减少对临时护士的依赖；医院表示无意用临时护士替代正式护士，某个科室临时护士占比超过15%时须说明理由。薪酬方面，11月15日起在现有第21级之上新增一个高2.5%的最高薪级，2027年9月30日再新增一个高2.5%的薪级；未到最高薪级的护士每人发1,000美元奖金，按工时比例折算。协会还表示，已挡下院方让现有护士多分摊 Harvard Pilgrim 医疗保险保费的方案。院方表示，这份协议在其公布的「最后、最佳、最终」方案的财务限度之内达成。
护士谈判委员会主席、产科护士 Kelly Morgan 说，工会周三下午约1时被叫回谈判桌，双方约在晚11时达成临时协议。谈判委员会将建议会员投票批准这份协议。
马萨诸塞州州长 Maura Healey 11月12日发表声明说，她很高兴院方与护士达成临时协议、避免了罢工，让大家能继续把精力放在守护患者和家庭的照护上；她此前曾与双方会面，敦促他们留在谈判桌前、善意谈下去。她与波士顿市长 Michelle Wu 本周一还曾一起到谈判现场，敦促双方谈出一份公平合同。
关联：波士顿布里格姆医院护士派发传单施压 11月12日或无限期罢工
（来源：马萨诸塞州护士协会）
Brigham and Women's Hospital Reaches Tentative Deal With About 4,000 Nurses, Averting an Open-Ended Strike Set for November 12
Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), which represents about 4,000 nurses at the hospital, reached a tentative contract agreement late on November 11, averting an open-ended strike that had been set to begin at 7 a.m. on November 12. The walkout had been billed as the largest open-ended nurses strike in Massachusetts history. The deal, reached only hours before the strike was to start, still needs approval from the nurses, and no date for the ratification vote has been announced.
Under the terms summarized by the union, the contract would run through September 30, 2028. The hospital will post 20 new float-pool nurse positions to help limit reliance on temporary nurses; it states that it does not intend to replace permanent nurses with temps, and must give a reason if temps fill more than 15 percent of positions in a unit. On pay, a new top step 2.5 percent above step 21 takes effect November 15, with another 2.5 percent top step on September 30, 2027, and every nurse below the top step gets a $1,000 bonus, pro-rated by hours. The union said it also beat back a bigger share of Harvard Pilgrim health insurance premiums for current nurses. The hospital said the agreement was reached within the financial limits of its "last, best and final" offer.
Kelly Morgan, a labor and delivery nurse who chairs the union's bargaining committee, said the union was called back to negotiations around 1 p.m. Wednesday and reached the tentative agreement at about 11 p.m. The bargaining committee will recommend that members vote to ratify it.
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey said in a statement on November 12 that she was pleased the administration and the nurses had reached a tentative agreement, averting a strike and keeping the focus on protecting care for patients and families, and that she had met with both sides and urged them to stay at the table and keep working in good faith. Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu had also attended Monday's bargaining session to urge both sides toward a fair contract.
Related: Boston Brigham nurses leaflet to press their case, with an open-ended strike possible on November 12
(Source: Massachusetts Nurses Association)
来源：马萨诸塞州护士协会
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