BMC Nurses Outraged at Hospital’s Handling of Pending Layoff

After Nurses Agree to Contract Extension with No Pay Increase, The Hospital Refuses to Provide Early Retirement Incentives and Training Program to Lessen  the Impact of the Layoff on Younger Nurses. Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United, May 24, 2012 Boston – As nurses prepare for yet another round of layoffs at Boston Medical Center with the MNA union bumping process scheduled for May 31, the nurses at the hospital are outraged by BMC management’s refusal to heed the nurses requests for implementation of an early retirement incentive plan and operating room training program, which would lessen the impact of the layoff ... BMC