2021–2022 Saint Vincent Hospital strike

However, the union rejects this claim, arguing that nurses routinely have to attend to five patients at a time and that staffing levels at the nearby UMass Memorial Medical Center are lower than those at Saint Vincent.

[2] MNA members had previously performed strike action at Saint Vincent in 2001 while seeking their first labor contract with the hospital.

[2] To accommodate for the nurses' absence, the hospital hired replacement workers at a cost of $5.4 million for five days.

[2] On the morning of March 12, former U.S. Representative Joe Kennedy III joined the picket line in support of the strikers, while U.S.

Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Jim McGovern were at the picket line that afternoon.

Local 1445 of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) announced plans to perform informational picketing alongside the nurses, as their contract with the hospital had expired on February 28 without a replacement.

[16] On March 29, Spectrum News reported that the hospital was spending about $30,000 per day on police details.