Boston Nurses Back on Jobs, May Strike Again
Associated Press
BOSTON —
Nurses returned to work at three city-owned hospitals Sunday, ending a 48-hour strike that cost their union $20,000 in fines, but hospital officials said they were prepared for another walkout.
The nurses walked out Friday, after the city refused to offer more than a 4.8% annual wage increase on a two-year contract. Suffolk Superior Court Judge John F. Moriarty found the union in contempt of a return-to-work order Saturday and imposed the fines.
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