{"id":203689,"date":"2021-03-09T10:30:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T15:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=203689"},"modified":"2021-03-09T10:30:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T15:30:42","slug":"nurses-in-mass-on-strike-over-hospital-staffing-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nurses-in-mass-on-strike-over-hospital-staffing-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurses in Mass. on strike over hospital staffing levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnurses-in-mass-on-strike-over-hospital-staffing-levels%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=203689&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2383848\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2383848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A patient receives COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site at the Natick Mall on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Natick, Mass. (Matt Stone\/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:18 AM PT \u2013 Tuesday, March 9, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Hundreds of nurses are on strike in Massachusetts after failing to reach a staffing level agreement. On Monday, nurses with the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) went on strike in Worcester after a failed agreement on staffing levels and pay with St. Vincent Hospital owners Tenet Health Care.<\/p>\n<p>The strike came after nurses expressed unsafe and low staffing levels, especially amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, the nurses said this has been an ongoing issue for over two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very concerned about the patients in there\u2026I was concerned about them yesterday, last month and last year too,\u201d stated Marie Ritacco, Vice President of the MNA. \u201cAnd its abundantly clear that the only way that we\u2019re going to be able to make a change for the better in that building is if we take the ultimate (action), which is to go out on strike.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boston 25 News covers St. Vincent Hospital nurses going on an open-ended strike March 8 for safer patient care conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Tenet Healthcare has refused to make real staffing improvements despite its hundreds of millions in profits.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LboZXtOv6p\">https:\/\/t.co\/LboZXtOv6p<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4HNhJQLu4h\">pic.twitter.com\/4HNhJQLu4h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MNA (@MassNurses) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MassNurses\/status\/1369024998946521089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The hospital\u2019s CEO responded by saying they have taken the appropriate steps to ensure safe and quality care to patients despite the strike action being taken by the MNA. Meanwhile, they hope to reach a new contract with the nurses very soon.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/the-power-of-a-coveted-trump-endorsement\/\">The power of a coveted Trump endorsement<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A patient receives COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site at the Natick Mall on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Natick, Mass. 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