According to the Boston Globe, November 13, 2006, Nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital will vote whether or not to strike. The article reports that nurses are “angry and frustrated” due to lower levels of pay and staffing levels are exceptionally poor, threatening patient safety and causing high staff turnover. If the strike takes place, they will follow in the steps of UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, where nurses went on strike one day last month.

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