Registered nurses at Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield have ratified a new contract.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association says the vast majority of the hospital's nursing staff approved the contract which runs until 2025. We are proud of this agreement and what it will do to help us recruit and retain the nurses we need to provide quality patient care,” said Suzanne Love, BFMC ED nurse and MNA Bargaining Committee Co-Chair. “We fought hard together – as nurses and our community – to convince Baystate Health executives to agree to important patient care protections and competitive wage increases.”
The labor union says the deal features a four-percent pay raise this year and a five-percent increase in 2023.
The new contract also restricts the practice of "floating" nurses to an area of care in which they are not specialized.
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