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Brockton Hospital Nurses' Strike-Related Events
Thursday, July 12, 2001, 10:30 a.m. (Day 49 of the Strike):
Mass Senior Action Rally to Support the Brockton Nurses' Strike
Outside Brockton Hospital, 680 Centre St. Senior citizens from
throughout the Commonwealth will rally at the Brockton Nurses'
strike line. The event is sponsored by the Mass. Senior Action
Council, an advocacy organization of senior citizens, which is
standing behind the Brockton Hospital nurses in their fight for
safe staffing conditions and an end to mandatory overtime. For
comment by MSAC, call 617.350.6722. At this time the strike will
be 49 days old, the same length of the St. Vincent Hospital nurses'
strike, which was ended with a settlement featuring the same contract
language sought by the Brockton Nurses.
Tuesday, July 17, 2001, 7:30 p.m. (Day 54 of the Strike): Candlelight
Prayer Vigil to Support a Just Resolution to the Brockton Hospital
Nurses Strike Outside Brockton Hospital, 680 Centre St. The Brockton
Clergy Association (BCA) and the Massachusetts Interfaith Committee
for Worker Justice are sponsoring this non-partisan vigil to bring
the Brockton community together in support of a just and equitable
resolution to the Brockton Nurses' Strike. Local and state religious,
political, civic, labor and health care leaders will attend the
event. For information, call BCA coordinator for the event, Rev.
Heather M. Kinnear, at 508.427.5833.
Other Developments: Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Senator John
F. Kerry Send Letter to Hospital CEO Calling on Hospital to
Negotiate a Fair Settlement Addressing the Nurses' Concerns Over
Staffing and Mandatory Overtime. On Thursday, Senators Kennedy
and Kerry mailed a letter to Brockton CEO Norman Goodman urging
renewed negotiations to reach a fair settlement. The letter in
part read: "We believe that the long-term health of Brockton Hospital
is at the core of the nurses' strike, since a majority of the nurses
reside in the very communities that use the services provided by
the hospital and have spent the majority of their careers at the
hospital. We are concerned that low staffing and mandatory overtime
put an undue burden on the nurses. We believe that these and other
issues must be resolved satisfactorily in order to protect the
quality of care for which Brockton Hospital and its staff are widely
recognized."
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