Home Health Care News June 18, 2024
Nurses of Mass General Brigham’s hospital-at-home program have voted to unionize, and the clinicians at the health system’s home care segment are hoping to follow suit.
The efforts to unionize first started in February. On May 16, 80 of the health system’s home-at-hospital nurses voted to join the Massachusetts Nurse Association (MNA). That same month, the National Labor Relations Board certified the union to be representatives for the nurses.
Currently, the union is collectively working on what issues to bring to contract negotiations.
Bridget Ellis, a registered nurse at Mass General Brigham’s home hospital program, said that one of the factors that led these nurses to unionize was feeling like clinicians should have greater input.
“With new policies rolling...
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