April 10, 2018
The Massachusetts Nurses Association on Tuesday asked a federal judge to toss a suit by a Pittsfield, Massachusetts, hospital seeking to block a one-day strike, arguing the strike was not going to be caused by any disputes the MNA had agreed to arbitrate.
October 03, 2017
Nearly 800 unionized registered nurses working at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, participated in a 24-hour strike that began Tuesday morning, a few days after a federal judge shot down the hospital's bid to stop the strike over stalled contract negotiations from taking place.
September 29, 2017
A federal judge on Friday rejected Berkshire Medical Center Inc.'s efforts to block an upcoming one-day strike planned by the Massachusetts Nurses Association after the hospital argued that the nurses are bound by a contract that contains a no-strike provision and subjects the underlying disputes to arbitration.
September 28, 2017
A Massachusetts hospital on Wednesday asked a federal court to block an upcoming one-day strike planned by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, arguing the nurses are still bound by a contract with a no-strike provision.