由Nic Querolo和Greg Ryan报道。波士顿布列根和妇女医院（Brigham and Women’s Hospital）是全美最负盛名的医院之一，也是哈佛大学的教学医院之一。由于在薪资和福利谈判上陷入了长达数月的僵局，该院护士准备进行无限期罢工。
Nurses at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, among the most prestigious in the country and one of Harvard University’s teaching hospitals, are set to go on an indefinite strike after a months-long stalemate over salary and benefit negotiations.
据工会声明，由马萨诸塞州护士协会代表的约4000名护士在周五向医院领导层提交了必要的10天通知后，定于10月14日开始罢工。该护士团体已于9月下旬投票授权罢工。
Roughly 4,000 nurses, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, are set to begin their strike on October 14 after providing the required 10-day notice to hospital leadership on Friday, according to a statement from the union. The nurses group voted to authorize a strike in late September.
此次潜在的停工威胁可能会扰乱这家全美领先学术医疗中心的运营。该医院隶属于麻省总医院布列根（Mass General Brigham）系统，该系统拥有十几家医院，是马萨诸塞州最大的私营雇主。护士们要求限制使用临时替代人员、降低医疗保险成本，并要求提高工资，他们称这是应对不断上涨的生活成本所必需的。
The potential work stoppage threatens to upend operations at one of the country’s leading academic medical centers. The hospital is part of the Mass General Brigham system, which includes over a dozen hospitals and is the largest private employer in Massachusetts. The nurses are seeking limits on the use of temporary replacements, lower health insurance costs and wage increases that they say are necessary to keep up with the rising cost of living.
“现在仍有时间达成一项既能保护患者护理又能尊重护士的协议。MGB需要回到谈判桌前，在没有先决条件的情况下进行谈判，”该医院马萨诸塞州护士协会谈判委员会主席、产科护士Kelly Morgan表示。
“There is still time to reach an agreement that protects patient care and respects nurses. MGB needs to come back to the table and negotiate without preconditions,” said Kelly Morgan, a labor and delivery nurse and chair of the Massachusetts Nurses Association bargaining committee for the hospital.
布列根和妇女医院的一位发言人在周五表示，医院已制定了在罢工期间临时替代护士的计划，并补充说合同谈判中剩余的问题属于经济范畴，不涉及患者或工作场所的安全问题。
Brigham and Women’s has plans in place to temporarily replace the nurses during a strike, a spokesperson for the hospital said on Friday, adding that the remaining issues in the contract negotiations are economic and don’t involve patient or workplace safety.
今年7月，护士们举行了一次为期一天的罢工，随后医院进行了为期四天的停工，期间医院使用了临时护士。
In July, the nurses held a one-day strike, which was followed by a four-day lockout during which the hospital utilized temporary nurses.