nurses

Nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston have voted to authorize an open-ended strike, meaning they could walk off the job at any time without a set end date. The vote signals mounting frustration in contract negotiations over staffing, wages and working conditions. A strike at one of the country's leading academic medical centers would disrupt care and put pressure on hospital management to return to the bargaining table.

Doctors, nurses and therapists employed by LifeLong Medical Care walked off the job across the East Bay, disrupting clinics serving low-income and uninsured patients in the Berkeley, Oakland and Richmond area. The stoppage is part of a wave of health care labor actions as medical workers press for better pay and staffing. It is not yet clear how long the strike will last or how services will be affected.