Massachusetts Nurses Association

BOSTON – November 01, 2026 -- More than 4,000 registered nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital will begin an open-ended strike at 7 a.m. on November 12 after rejecting Mass General Brigham's (MGB) "last, best, and final" contract offer. The Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), which represents the nurses, describes the action as the largest open-ended strike in Massachusetts history.

The Brigham MNA Bargaining Committee issued the 10-day strike notice on Sunday, November 1. Members voted to reject the offer on October 23. Talks with MGB resume on November 9, three days before the strike deadline.

"We are ready to strike but are equally prepared to negotiate a fair contract," said Kelly Morgan, RN, a labor and delivery nurse and chair of the bargaining committee.

Nurses demand limits on temporary staff, a float differential and insurance choice

The union's contract priorities include:

PITTSFIELD, Mass. – October 29, 2026 -- Nurses and healthcare professionals at Berkshire Visiting Nurse Association (BVNA) delivered a petition to management at 4 p.m. Monday, demanding a contract that retains experienced clinicians, after the bargaining unit shrank by approximately half over the past several years.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) represents the clinicians. The two sides next meet for bargaining on October 28.

Management has moved on early-career wages, but veteran pay remains open

The union acknowledges progress on wages for nurses and healthcare professionals early in their careers, a step aimed at attracting new hires. Tamaryn Clowdus, a physical therapist and Co-Chair of the MNA Bargaining Committee at BVNA, said the unit also needs reasonable cost-of-living increases for clinicians who stayed through difficult years, calling for a focus on "both recruitment and retention."

Boston – October 02, 2026 -- Some 4,000 nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital will launch an open-ended strike at 7 a.m. on October 14, 2026, in what the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) calls the largest open-ended nurse strike in state history, unless Mass General Brigham (MGB) agrees to a new contract.

Nurses authorized the strike by a record 2,986-to-215 vote on September 24

The tally marks the highest yes-vote total for any nurse strike authorization in Massachusetts history, according to the MNA. The vote came as state data confirmed MGB posted a total margin of $2.3 billion, making it the most profitable hospital system in the Commonwealth for a second consecutive period.

Boston – September 21, 2026 -- Nurses and clinicians across Mass General Brigham (MGB) will stage rallies outside the health system's World Medical Innovation Forum on September 22 and 23, escalating a labor dispute that culminates September 24 when 4,000 Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses vote on authorizing an open-ended strike.

Brigham nurses to vote September 24 on open-ended strike authorization

The vote runs from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at multiple locations. A "yes" result would empower the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) Bargaining Committee to call a strike, though no date has been set; nurses must give 10 days' legal notice before any walkout begins. The move follows a July 8 strike and a subsequent four-day lockout imposed by MGB, with the hospital system refusing additional negotiating sessions since August.