Baltimore Hospital Nurses to Strike

Baltimore hospital nurses to strike

As a national health care system grows its outpatient services, nurses at one of its Baltimore hospitals are planning a strike to address longstanding issues.

Baltimore Hospital Nurses Plan Historic Strike

fizkes Nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore are planning a historic one day strike! According to National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United, the strike is over concerns about patient care, staffing and high turnover. The one-day strike planned for July 24 comes after union leaders said hospital management has refused to address the issues. Per the committee, the nurses gave the hospital 10 days of advanced notic…

Registered nurses at Baltimore hospital announce one-day strike for patient safety

Registered nurses at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore will stage a strike later this month over concerns of patient care and high staff turnover as they try to negotiate a contract. The nurses argue that Ascension overrelies on moving nurses between different units to plug staffing holes and that jeopardizes patient safety. The strike will take place on July 24. In a near-unanimous vote in May, the nurses authorized a strike. The nurses…

Baltimore nurses announce historic one-day strike for patient safety

RNs at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md., gave notice to their employer today that they will hold a strike for one day on July 24 to protest the Ascension management’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about patient care, safe staffing, and high staff turnover during contract negotiations.