Nursing Strike Racks Up $6M Bill for Washington Hospital Center

Last week's nurses' strike cost Washington Hospital Center approximately $6 million to cover temporary nurse wages, security and other costs, according to a Washington Post report.

Union officials reported that more than 1,000 nurses were involved in the one-day strike on Friday. Following the strike, the participating nurses were locked out of the hospital from Saturday until Wednesday, when they started returning at 5:00 a.m.

The hospital spent approximately $3.5 million on wages, transportation and lodging for the temporary nurses, $1.5 million on salaries for the estimated 500 staff nurses who crossed the picket line on Friday and $1 million on security and other costs. A media campaign advertised the hospital as fully staffed and operating as usual.

Read the Washington Post report on Washington Hospital Center.

Read more on hospital strikes:

-Massachusetts Nurses Association May Be Planning Five-Hospital Strike for April

-Nurses at D.C.'s Washington Hospital Center Begin Strike

-Nurses at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota Vote to Unionize

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