Cooley Dickinson is currently considering a partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems, which has a growing presence in the Boston market.
The nurses, who are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, picketed outside the hospital last week over the impasse. The hospital has agreed to a successor clause but only if the nurses agree to a new retirement plan in which the hospital would match nurses’ contributions going forward. The nurses are currently enrolled in a defined benefit plan, according to the report.
Both sides have agreed to meet with a federal mediator in attempt to hammer out a deal.
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