Nurses from Baystate Health's Franklin Medical Center and Noble Hospital are planning an informational picket outside Baystate's corporate headquarters in Springfield today.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association says its nurses at the facilities in Greenfield and Westfield have been trying for over a year to negotiate fair contracts, but that Baystate executives have refused to allow what they consider fair bargaining for months.
Baystate Franklin's nurses staged a one-day strike in June, and Baystate responded by locking them out for an additional two-day period.