Saint Vincent Hospital

On Monday afternoon, nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester voted 302 to 133 against a decertification effort of their membership in the Massachusetts Nurses Association union.

Saint Vincent Hospital is reopening two outpatient services, which were closed in August due to staffing challenges, the Worcester healthcare provider announced Wednesday.

CEO Carolyn Jackson, who was often personally the target of the union members’ frustration, is now tasked with repairing the hospital's culture. 

Union nurses who have been on strike since March 8 voted on Monday night to ratify a new contract with Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, ending an historic 301-day strike initially hinging on staffing ratios.

On Monday, Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester reopened 12 inpatient behavioral health beds, as the hospital prepares to welcome back nurses who have been striking since March, according to a press release from the hospital.

Striking nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital are scheduled to vote to ratify a tentative agreement to end a nine-month strike on Jan. 3, the Massachusetts Nurses Association announced on Tuesday morning.

After being brought to the mediation table with the U.S. labor secretary, Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester and the Massachusetts Nurses Association announced a tentative agreement to end an historic nine-month nurses strike on Friday night.

Worcester's top taxpayers included a couple large players in the downtown block near Worcester Common, as well as several utility companies.

MetroWest Medical Center Leonard Morse Hospital, a Tenet Healthcare behavioral health center in Natick, announced on Wednesday it had reached a 30-month labor agreement with Laborers' International Union of North America, which represents 75 of the center’s mental health counselors and patient care associates.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester is being ordered by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to make a permanent decision regarding its temporary closure of 100 hospital beds, which have been closed for more than three months now.