The nurses union, National Nurses United, had scheduled the one-day strike for Nov. 24.
The union agreed to cancel the strike and resume negotiations after management agreed to postpone pay cuts, according to the report.
A representative from the union previously said the key reason for the strike was to address nurse understaffing at the hospital. The union filed a complaint on Nov. 1 with D.C.’s health department asking it to investigate nurse-to-patient ratios that allegedly put patients at risk. A representative for the hospital called the understaffing allegations “untrue” and “unfair,” according to the report.
The two groups will resume negotiations on Nov. 29.
Read the Washington Post report on Washington Hospital Center.
Read more coverage on Washington Hospital Center:
– Nurses at D.C.’s Washington Hospital Center to Strike
– Nurses Union Reports Nurse Understaffing at Washington Hospital Center
