MNA: Mass General Brigham Nurses and Clinicians to Rally outside Westin Seaport on Sept. 22 and 23 as MGB Hosts AI-Focused Forum and Brigham Nurses Prepare for Open-Ended Strike Vote

Rallies outside MGB's World Medical Innovation Forum will call on New England's wealthiest health system to invest in patients and workers

Gov. Maura Healey declined invite to MGB Forum and MA Democratic State Committee voted Saturday to support MGB nurses and clinicians

BOSTON, Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Nurses and clinicians from across Mass General Brigham will hold two rallies outside MGB's World Medical Innovation Forum on September 22 and 23, calling on the healthcare giant to invest in patients and workers instead of corporate strategies that cut jobs, reduce staffing and increase workloads.

The rallies will be followed on September 24 by a vote among 4,000 Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses to authorize a potential open-ended strike. Brigham nurses are fighting for a contract that will protect patient care and respect the expert nursing care they provide. MGB is using its immense wealth and power to try to break the nurses' union out of corporate greed. Brigham nurses are strong, united, and prepared for an open-ended strike if necessary.

NEWSWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS:

• The MNA has learned that Gov. Maura Healey was scheduled to speak at the forum on September 22 but has declined the invitation.
• The Massachusetts Democratic State Committee voted unanimously on Saturday, September 19 to approve a resolution in support of the Brigham nurses and MGB Home Care clinicians. Click here to read the resolution.

MGB World Medical Innovation Forum Rallies

Tuesday, September 22 – STREAMED LIVE AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MASSNURSES 
Time: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Outside the Westin Boston Seaport District, 425 Summer St., Boston

Details: Nurses, clinicians and supporters will rally with a focus on MGB's enormous wealth and its conflicted Board of Directors while MGB CEO Anne Klibanski is speaking inside the forum.

Wednesday, September 23
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Outside the Westin Boston Seaport District, 425 Summer St., Boston
Details: Nurses, clinicians and supporters will rally while MGB Chief Operating Officer Ron Walls is speaking inside the forum. They will tell MGB to invest in people over their AI models!
The World Medical Innovation Forum, hosted by MGB and Bank of America, brings together healthcare executives, investors and corporate leaders and is heavily focused on artificial intelligence. Outside the forum, nurses and clinicians will deliver a different message: Healthcare is people, and technology should support caregivers and patients, not replace workers, eliminate jobs or justify unsafe staffing reductions.

"MGB's executives will be inside talking with investors about artificial intelligence while the nurses and clinicians who provide its patient care are outside demanding that MGB invest in people," said Kelly Morgan, RN, Chair of the Brigham MNA Bargaining Committee. "MGB has the wealth to settle fair contracts, maintain a stable nursing workforce and protect continuity of care. Its refusal to do so is about corporate priorities, not a lack of resources."

"Home care depends on skilled clinicians having enough time to safely care for each patient, coordinate complex services and travel throughout the region," said Shannon Viera, RN, Chair of the MGB Home Care MNA Bargaining Committee. "MGB should be using innovation to strengthen patient care, not to increase workloads, displace workers or add to the enormous wealth of executives and corporate interests."

Brigham Nurses Vote on Potential Open-Ended Strike

On September 24, Brigham nurses will vote on whether to authorize a potential open-ended strike as they continue fighting for a fair contract that protects patient care and respects their expert nursing practice.

The vote will take place from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at multiple locations. A "yes" vote would authorize the MNA Bargaining Committee to call an open-ended strike if necessary. No strike date has been determined, and nurses would provide legally required 10-day notice before any strike began.

Brigham nurses have called on MGB to negotiate a fair contract since their July 8 strike and the four-day lockout imposed by MGB. MGB has repeatedly said it will not move from its bargaining positions and has refused to hold additional negotiating sessions since August.

"MGB is trying to use its immense wealth and power to force nurses to accept a contract that does not adequately protect patients or respect our work," Morgan said. "Brigham nurses are strong, united and prepared to stand with our colleagues, our communities and elected officials to overcome the power of MGB's billionaire board members and multimillionaire executives."

Brigham nurses are seeking contract improvements that include limits on MGB's reliance on temporary nurses to support continuity and quality of care; affordable health insurance with meaningful plan choice; fair compensation for nurses required to float among units; and a cost-of-living wage increase.

MGB Home Care clinicians are fighting for their first union contract, including reasonable caseload limits that allow them to safely care for patients; clear and transparent productivity standards; and competitive wages that help recruit and retain experienced clinicians. The clinicians are not currently voting to authorize a strike.

MGB Has Billions but Refuses to Agree to Fair Contracts

Mass General Brigham is the largest and wealthiest health system in New England. In fiscal year 2025, MGB reported:

• $22.8 billion in operating revenue.
• $2.39 billion in profits.
• $1.75 billion in investment income.
• $35.8 billion in total assets.
• Nearly $9.2 million in compensation for CEO Anne Klibanski, which is a 9% increase of approximately $800,000 in one year.

MGB's Board of Directors includes billionaires, private equity executives and corporate CEOs, including individuals whose businesses intersect with the healthcare system.

• Scott Sperling, MGB Board Chair, is co-CEO of private equity giant THL Partners, which invests heavily in healthcare and technology.
• John Fish, Board Vice Chair, leads Suffolk Construction, which has received major MGB-related construction work, including MGB's $465 million headquarters.
• Jonathan Kraft, Board Vice Chair, oversees the Kraft family's multibillion-dollar business empire, including property at Patriot Place leased to MGB.

MGB's financial resources make clear that it can afford fair contracts that protect patients, maintain stable workforces and respect the professionals who deliver care.

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Founded in 1903, the Massachusetts Nurses Association is the largest union of registered nurses in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Its 26,000 members advance the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Legislature and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public.

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